#56AFE6#56AFE6

#56AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFE6
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -10.27, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 36.98, 253.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0612 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.117 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4452, 38.3482, 80.4869)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFE6 #E68D56

analogous

#56E6D5 #56AFE6 #5667E6

triadic

#56AFE6 #E656AF #AFE656

tetradic

#56AFE6 #D556E6 #E68D56 #67E656

square

#56AFE6 #D556E6 #E68D56 #67E656

split-complementary

#56AFE6 #E65667 #E6D556

monochromatic

#1972A9 #2196DE #56AFE6 #8BC8EE #C1E1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#56AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#56AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFE6

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFE6	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c6ee',
    500: '#56afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afe6;
$custom-light: #92c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.917,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFE6

secondary

#E6C6B1

accent

#5B0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFE6

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

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