#56AEE5#56AEE5

#56AEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56AEE5
RGBrgb(86, 174, 229)
HSLhsl(203, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(203, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(67.95, -10.04, -35.49)
CIE-LCHlch(67.95, 36.88, 254.21°)
OKLaboklab(71.91% -0.0605 -0.0996)
OKLCHoklch(71.91% 0.117 238.7)
XYZxyz(33.1113, 37.9044, 79.6848)
Luminance0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56AEE5 #E58D56
analogous
#56E5D5 #56AEE5 #5667E5
triadic
#56AEE5 #E556AE #AEE556
tetradic
#56AEE5 #D556E5 #E58D56 #67E556
square
#56AEE5 #D556E5 #E58D56 #67E556
split-complementary
#56AEE5 #E55667 #E5D556
monochromatic
#1A71A7 #2294DC #56AEE5 #8BC7ED #C0E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#56AEE5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58
#56AEE5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEE5
8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56AEE5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56AEE51.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95AEE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#819FE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56aee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 238.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ed',
    500: '#56aee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56aee5;
$custom-light: #92c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56aee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71911,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56AEE5
secondary
#E6C5B1
accent
#5C10D5
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#56AEE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva