#56AEE1#56AEE1

#56AEE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.113 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEE1
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 225)
HSL	hsl(202, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -11.30, -33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 35.41, 251.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0618 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.113 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5592, 37.6836, 76.7773)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEE1 #E18956

analogous

#56E1CE #56AEE1 #5668E1

triadic

#56AEE1 #E156AE #AEE156

tetradic

#56AEE1 #CE56E1 #E18956 #68E156

square

#56AEE1 #CE56E1 #E18956 #68E156

split-complementary

#56AEE1 #E15668 #E1CE56

monochromatic

#1C70A0 #2694D4 #56AEE1 #8AC7EA #BEE0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56AEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#56AEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEE1

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEE1	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.113 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ea',
    500: '#56aee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aee1;
$custom-light: #92c6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.014,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEE1

secondary

#E4C2AF

accent

#5914D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEE1

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

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