#56AEDC#56AEDC

#56AEDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.108 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEDC
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -12.86, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 33.67, 247.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0635 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.108 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8871, 37.4147, 73.2376)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEDC #DC8456

analogous

#56DCC7 #56AEDC #566BDC

triadic

#56AEDC #DC56AE #AEDC56

tetradic

#56AEDC #C756DC #DC8456 #6BDC56

square

#56AEDC #C756DC #DC8456 #6BDC56

split-complementary

#56AEDC #DC566B #DCC756

monochromatic

#206F98 #2A94CB #56AEDC #89C6E6 #BBDFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56AEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#56AEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEDC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEDC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ACDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.108 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e7',
    500: '#56aedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aedc;
$custom-light: #91c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.597,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71503,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEDC

secondary

#E1BFAD

accent

#793FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEDC

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

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