#56AEDB#56AEDB

#56AEDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEDB
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -13.17, -30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 33.34, 246.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0639 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.107 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7551, 37.3619, 72.5422)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEDB #DB8356

analogous

#56DBC6 #56AEDB #566BDB

triadic

#56AEDB #DB56AE #AEDB56

tetradic

#56AEDB #C656DB #DB8356 #6BDB56

square

#56AEDB #C656DB #DB8356 #6BDB56

split-complementary

#56AEDB #DB566B #DBC656

monochromatic

#206E97 #2B93C9 #56AEDB #88C6E6 #BBDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#56AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEDB

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEDB	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e6',
    500: '#56aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aedb;
$custom-light: #91c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.301,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71458,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEDB

secondary

#E0BEAD

accent

#7940E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEDB

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

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