#56AEFF#56AEFF

#56AEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.145 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AEFF
RGB	rgb(86, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -1.62, -47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 47.90, 268.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0527 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.145 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0171, 39.4667, 100.2553)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AEFF #FFA756

analogous

#56FFFB #56AEFF #565AFF

triadic

#56AEFF #FF56AE #AEFF56

tetradic

#56AEFF #FB56FF #FFA756 #5AFF56

square

#56AEFF #FB56FF #FFA756 #5AFF56

split-complementary

#56AEFF #FF565A #FFFB56

monochromatic

#0072DB #1991FF #56AEFF #93CBFF #D0E9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#56AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AEFF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AEFF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AB2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73A1FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.145 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c5ff',
    500: '#56aeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56aeff;
$custom-light: #96c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.757,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73183,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AEFF

secondary

#F3D7BD

accent

#6E00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F3F8FF

border

#CDD1D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AEFF

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

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