#56AFCF#56AFCF

#56AFCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.097 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFCF
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 207)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -17.37, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 29.85, 234.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0693 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.097 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4258, 37.1404, 64.5848)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFCF #CF7656

analogous

#56CFB3 #56AFCF #5672CF

triadic

#56AFCF #CF56AF #AFCF56

tetradic

#56AFCF #B356CF #CF7656 #72CF56

square

#56AFCF #B356CF #CF7656 #72CF56

split-complementary

#56AFCF #CF5672 #CFB356

monochromatic

#266C85 #3392B5 #56AFCF #86C6DD #B5DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56AFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#56AFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFCF

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFCF	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.097 224.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71176,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFCF

secondary

#D9B5A8

accent

#7049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFCF

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

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