#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
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -10.04, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 36.88, 254.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0605 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.117 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1113, 37.9044, 79.6848)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##56AEE5	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56AEE5

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

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