#56AFCC#56AFCC

#56AFCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.095 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFCC
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -18.27, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 29.21, 231.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0704 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.095 222)
XYZ	xyz(30.0625, 36.9951, 62.6715)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFCC #CC7356

analogous

#56CCAE #56AFCC #5674CC

triadic

#56AFCC #CC56AF #AFCC56

tetradic

#56AFCC #AE56CC #CC7356 #74CC56

square

#56AFCC #AE56CC #CC7356 #74CC56

split-complementary

#56AFCC #CC5674 #CCAE56

monochromatic

#276B81 #3592B0 #56AFCC #85C5DA #B4DCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#56AFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#56AFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFCC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFCC	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.095 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7db',
    500: '#56afcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afcc;
$custom-light: #90c7db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.746,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71053,
    "c": 0.09472,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.36998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFCC

secondary

#D7B3A7

accent

#6F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFCC

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

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