#56AFD8#56AFD8

#56AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFD8
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -14.64, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 32.23, 242.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.066 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.104 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5576, 37.5932, 70.5456)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFD8 #D87F56

analogous

#56D8C0 #56AFD8 #566ED8

triadic

#56AFD8 #D856AF #AFD856

tetradic

#56AFD8 #C056D8 #D87F56 #6ED856

square

#56AFD8 #C056D8 #D87F56 #6ED856

split-complementary

#56AFD8 #D8566E #D8C056

monochromatic

#226F92 #2D94C4 #56AFD8 #88C7E3 #B9DEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#56AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFD8

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFD8	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e4',
    500: '#56afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afd8;
$custom-light: #91c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71557,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFD8

secondary

#DEBCAB

accent

#7642E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFD8

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

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