#56AED9#56AED9

#56AED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.105 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AED9
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -13.79, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 32.70, 245.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0646 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.105 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4934, 37.2572, 71.1638)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AED9 #D98156

analogous

#56D9C3 #56AED9 #566DD9

triadic

#56AED9 #D956AE #AED956

tetradic

#56AED9 #C356D9 #D98156 #6DD956

square

#56AED9 #C356D9 #D98156 #6DD956

split-complementary

#56AED9 #D9566D #D9C356

monochromatic

#216E93 #2C93C5 #56AED9 #88C6E4 #BADEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56AED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#56AED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AED9

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AED9	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.105 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e5',
    500: '#56aed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aed9;
$custom-light: #91c6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.695,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7137,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AED9

secondary

#DFBDAC

accent

#7841E6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AED9

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

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