#56AEFD#56AEFD

#56AEFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.143 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEFD
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 253)
HSL	hsl(208, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 31.2%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -2.28, -46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 46.98, 267.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0532 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.143 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6968, 39.3386, 98.5686)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEFD #FDA556

analogous

#56FDF8 #56AEFD #565BFD

triadic

#56AEFD #FD56AE #AEFD56

tetradic

#56AEFD #F856FD #FDA556 #5BFD56

square

#56AEFD #F856FD #FDA556 #5BFD56

split-complementary

#56AEFD #FD565B #FDF856

monochromatic

#0372D6 #1A91FC #56AEFD #92CBFE #CFE8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#56AEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#56AEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEFD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEFD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BB1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74A1FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.143 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c5fe',
    500: '#56aefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aefd;
$custom-light: #96c5fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.383,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEFD

secondary

#F2D6BC

accent

#6D00E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7E8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEFD

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

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