#56AEE7#56AEE7

#56AEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.119 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEE7
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 24.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -9.40, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 37.65, 255.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0598 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.119 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3921, 38.0167, 81.1640)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEE7 #E78F56

analogous

#56E7D7 #56AEE7 #5666E7

triadic

#56AEE7 #E756AE #AEE756

tetradic

#56AEE7 #D756E7 #E78F56 #66E756

square

#56AEE7 #D756E7 #E78F56 #66E756

split-complementary

#56AEE7 #E75666 #E7D756

monochromatic

#1871AA #2094DF #56AEE7 #8CC8EF #C1E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56AEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#56AEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEE7

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEE7	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.119 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6ef',
    500: '#56aee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aee7;
$custom-light: #93c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.586,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72004,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEE7

secondary

#E7C7B2

accent

#5D0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEE7

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

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