#56AEE6#56AEE6

#56AEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.118 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEE6
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -9.72, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 37.27, 254.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0602 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.118 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2513, 37.9604, 80.4223)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEE6 #E68E56

analogous

#56E6D6 #56AEE6 #5666E6

triadic

#56AEE6 #E656AE #AEE656

tetradic

#56AEE6 #D656E6 #E68E56 #66E656

square

#56AEE6 #D656E6 #E68E56 #66E656

split-complementary

#56AEE6 #E65666 #E6D656

monochromatic

#1971A9 #2194DE #56AEE6 #8BC8EE #C1E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#56AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEE6

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEE6	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.118 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ee',
    500: '#56aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aee6;
$custom-light: #92c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71957,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEE6

secondary

#E6C6B1

accent

#5D0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEE6

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

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