#56AEE2#56AEE2

#56AEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.114 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEE2
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(202, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -10.99, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 35.77, 252.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0615 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.114 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6960, 37.7383, 77.4979)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEE2 #E28A56

analogous

#56E2D0 #56AEE2 #5668E2

triadic

#56AEE2 #E256AE #AEE256

tetradic

#56AEE2 #D056E2 #E28A56 #68E256

square

#56AEE2 #D056E2 #E28A56 #68E256

split-complementary

#56AEE2 #E25668 #E2D056

monochromatic

#1C70A2 #2594D6 #56AEE2 #8AC7EB #BEE0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56AEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#56AEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEE2

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEE2	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829FE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.114 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6eb',
    500: '#56aee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aee2;
$custom-light: #92c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71773,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEE2

secondary

#E4C3B0

accent

#5A13D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEE2

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

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