#56AEED#56AEED

#56AEED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.125 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEED
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -7.48, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 40.05, 259.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0579 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.125 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2541, 38.3615, 85.7036)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEED #ED9556

analogous

#56EDE0 #56AEED #5662ED

triadic

#56AEED #ED56AE #AEED56

tetradic

#56AEED #E056ED #ED9556 #62ED56

square

#56AEED #E056ED #ED9556 #62ED56

split-complementary

#56AEED #ED5662 #EDE056

monochromatic

#1372B5 #1F93E7 #56AEED #8DC9F3 #C5E3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#56AEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#56AEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEED

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEED	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7DA0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.125 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6f3',
    500: '#56aeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aeed;
$custom-light: #93c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.033,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72288,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEED

secondary

#EACBB4

accent

#6108DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEED

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

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