#56AEDD#56AEDD

#56AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.109 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEDD
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -12.55, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 34.01, 248.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0632 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.109 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0199, 37.4678, 73.9372)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEDD #DD8556

analogous

#56DDC8 #56AEDD #566ADD

triadic

#56AEDD #DD56AE #AEDD56

tetradic

#56AEDD #C856DD #DD8556 #6ADD56

square

#56AEDD #C856DD #DD8556 #6ADD56

split-complementary

#56AEDD #DD566A #DDC856

monochromatic

#1F6F9A #2994CD #56AEDD #89C6E7 #BCDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#56AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEDD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEDD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.109 234.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71547,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEDD

secondary

#E1C0AE

accent

#5717CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEDD

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

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