#56AFDF#56AFDF

#56AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.110 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFDF
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -12.47, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 34.47, 248.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0635 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.11 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4819, 37.9629, 75.4135)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFDF #DF8656

analogous

#56DFCA #56AFDF #566ADF

triadic

#56AFDF #DF56AF #AFDF56

tetradic

#56AFDF #CA56DF #DF8656 #6ADF56

square

#56AFDF #CA56DF #DF8656 #6ADF56

split-complementary

#56AFDF #DF566A #DFCA56

monochromatic

#1E709D #2795D0 #56AFDF #89C7E9 #BDE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#56AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFDF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFDF	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.110 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6e9',
    500: '#56afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afdf;
$custom-light: #92c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.022,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71865,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFDF

secondary

#E2C1AE

accent

#5715D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFDF

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

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