#56AFDE#56AFDE

#56AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFDE
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -12.78, -31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 34.13, 248.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0639 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.109 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3475, 37.9091, 74.7056)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFDE #DE8556

analogous

#56DEC9 #56AFDE #566BDE

triadic

#56AFDE #DE56AF #AFDE56

tetradic

#56AFDE #C956DE #DE8556 #6BDE56

square

#56AFDE #C956DE #DE8556 #6BDE56

split-complementary

#56AFDE #DE566B #DEC956

monochromatic

#1E709B #2895CE #56AFDE #89C7E8 #BCDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#56AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#56AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFDE

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFDE	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6e8',
    500: '#56afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afde;
$custom-light: #92c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.735,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7182,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFDE

secondary

#E2C0AE

accent

#5616CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFDE

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

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