#56AFD4#56AFD4

#56AFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.101 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFD4
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -15.86, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 31.10, 239.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0674 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.101 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0468, 37.3888, 67.8552)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFD4 #D47B56

analogous

#56D4BA #56AFD4 #5670D4

triadic

#56AFD4 #D456AF #AFD456

tetradic

#56AFD4 #BA56D4 #D47B56 #70D456

square

#56AFD4 #BA56D4 #D47B56 #70D456

split-complementary

#56AFD4 #D45670 #D4BA56

monochromatic

#246D8C #3093BD #56AFD4 #87C6E0 #B8DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#56AFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#56AFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFD4

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFD4	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CACD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.101 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c7e1',
    500: '#56afd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afd4;
$custom-light: #90c7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFD4

secondary

#DCB9AA

accent

#7345E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFD4

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

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