#56AEE0#56AEE0

#56AEE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.112 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEE0
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 224)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -11.61, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 35.05, 250.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0621 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.112 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4232, 37.6291, 76.0610)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEE0 #E08856

analogous

#56E0CD #56AEE0 #5669E0

triadic

#56AEE0 #E056AE #AEE056

tetradic

#56AEE0 #CD56E0 #E08856 #69E056

square

#56AEE0 #CD56E0 #E08856 #69E056

split-complementary

#56AEE0 #E05669 #E0CD56

monochromatic

#1D709F #2794D2 #56AEE0 #8AC7E9 #BDE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56AEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#56AEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEE0

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEE0	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.112 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ea',
    500: '#56aee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aee0;
$custom-light: #92c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.739,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71682,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEE0

secondary

#E3C2AF

accent

#5915D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEE0

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

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