#56AED8#56AED8

#56AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.104 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AED8
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -14.10, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 32.39, 244.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0649 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.104 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3637, 37.2053, 70.4809)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AED8 #D88056

analogous

#56D8C1 #56AED8 #566DD8

triadic

#56AED8 #D856AE #AED856

tetradic

#56AED8 #C156D8 #D88056 #6DD856

square

#56AED8 #C156D8 #D88056 #6DD856

split-complementary

#56AED8 #D8566D #D8C156

monochromatic

#226E92 #2D93C4 #56AED8 #88C6E3 #B9DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#56AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AED8

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AED8	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.104 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e4',
    500: '#56aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aed8;
$custom-light: #91c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71327,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AED8

secondary

#DEBCAB

accent

#7742E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AED8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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