#56AFE5#56AFE5

#56AFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFE5
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -10.58, -35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 36.61, 253.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0615 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.116 238)
XYZ	xyz(33.3052, 38.2922, 79.7495)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFE5 #E58C56

analogous

#56E5D3 #56AFE5 #5668E5

triadic

#56AFE5 #E556AF #AFE556

tetradic

#56AFE5 #D356E5 #E58C56 #68E556

square

#56AFE5 #D356E5 #E58C56 #68E556

split-complementary

#56AFE5 #E55668 #E5D356

monochromatic

#1A72A7 #2296DC #56AFE5 #8BC8ED #C0E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56AFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#56AFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFE5

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFE5	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ed',
    500: '#56afe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afe5;
$custom-light: #92c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.657,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72137,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.38296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFE5

secondary

#E6C5B1

accent

#5B10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFE5

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

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