#56AEDF#56AEDF

#56AEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEDF
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 22%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -11.93, -32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 34.70, 249.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0625 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.111 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2880, 37.5751, 75.3489)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEDF #DF8756

analogous

#56DFCB #56AEDF #5669DF

triadic

#56AEDF #DF56AE #AEDF56

tetradic

#56AEDF #CB56DF #DF8756 #69DF56

square

#56AEDF #CB56DF #DF8756 #69DF56

split-complementary

#56AEDF #DF5669 #DFCB56

monochromatic

#1E6F9D #2794D0 #56AEDF #89C7E9 #BDDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56AEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#56AEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEDF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEDF	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ADE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6e9',
    500: '#56aedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aedf;
$custom-light: #92c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.46,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71637,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEDF

secondary

#E2C1AE

accent

#5815D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEDF

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

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