#56AFCE#56AFCE

#56AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.096 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFCE
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -17.67, -23.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 29.63, 233.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0697 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.096 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3039, 37.0917, 63.9430)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFCE #CE7556

analogous

#56CEB1 #56AFCE #5673CE

triadic

#56AFCE #CE56AF #AFCE56

tetradic

#56AFCE #B156CE #CE7556 #73CE56

square

#56AFCE #B156CE #CE7556 #73CE56

split-complementary

#56AFCE #CE5673 #CEB156

monochromatic

#266B83 #3492B3 #56AFCE #85C5DC #B5DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56AFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#56AFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFCE

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFCE	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.096 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7dd',
    500: '#56afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afce;
$custom-light: #90c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71135,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFCE

secondary

#D8B4A8

accent

#7049DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFCE

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

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