#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
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -7.16, -39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 40.46, 259.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0576 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.126 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4006, 38.4201, 86.4752)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##56AEEE	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56AEEE

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

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