#56AEE8#56AEE8

#56AEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEE8
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(204, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(204, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -9.08, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 38.04, 256.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0595 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.12 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5338, 38.0734, 81.9099)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEE8 #E89056

analogous

#56E8D9 #56AEE8 #5665E8

triadic

#56AEE8 #E856AE #AEE856

tetradic

#56AEE8 #D956E8 #E89056 #65E856

square

#56AEE8 #D956E8 #E89056 #65E856

split-complementary

#56AEE8 #E85665 #E8D956

monochromatic

#1771AC #2094E1 #56AEE8 #8CC8EF #C2E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#56AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEE8

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEE8	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6ef',
    500: '#56aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aee8;
$custom-light: #93c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.836,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7205,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEE8

secondary

#E8C7B2

accent

#5E0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEE8

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

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