#56AFD5#56AFD5

#56AFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.101 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFD5
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -15.55, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 31.37, 240.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0671 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.101 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1733, 37.4394, 68.5216)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFD5 #D57C56

analogous

#56D5BC #56AFD5 #566FD5

triadic

#56AFD5 #D556AF #AFD556

tetradic

#56AFD5 #BC56D5 #D57C56 #6FD556

square

#56AFD5 #BC56D5 #D57C56 #6FD556

split-complementary

#56AFD5 #D5566F #D5BC56

monochromatic

#236E8D #2F94BE #56AFD5 #87C6E1 #B8DDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56AFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#56AFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFD5

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFD5	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BACD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.101 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7e2',
    500: '#56afd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afd5;
$custom-light: #91c7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.953,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71428,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFD5

secondary

#DDB9AA

accent

#7444E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFD5

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

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