#56AEEE#56AEEE

#56AEEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56AEEE
RGBrgb(86, 174, 238)
HSLhsl(205, 82%, 64%)
HSVhsv(205, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.9%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.33, -7.16, -39.82)
CIE-LCHlch(68.33, 40.46, 259.80°)
OKLaboklab(72.34% -0.0576 -0.1121)
OKLCHoklch(72.34% 0.126 242.8)
XYZxyz(34.4006, 38.4201, 86.4752)
Luminance0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56AEEE #EE9656
analogous
#56EEE2 #56AEEE #5662EE
triadic
#56AEEE #EE56AE #AEEE56
tetradic
#56AEEE #E256EE #EE9656 #62EE56
square
#56AEEE #E256EE #EE9656 #62EE56
split-complementary
#56AEEE #EE5662 #EEE256
monochromatic
#1272B7 #1E93E8 #56AEEE #8EC9F4 #C5E3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#56AEEE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68
#56AEEE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEEE
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56AEEE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56AEEE1.002.428.688.68
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6821.001.001.00
##0000008.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91AFF1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7DA0ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56aeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 242.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6f4',
    500: '#56aeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56aeee;
$custom-light: #93c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56aeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72336,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56AEEE
secondary
#EBCCB5
accent
#6207DE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

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#56AEEE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva