#56AFE7#56AFE7

#56AFE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFE7
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 24.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -9.95, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 37.36, 254.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0609 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.118 239)
XYZ	xyz(33.5860, 38.4045, 81.2286)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFE7 #E78E56

analogous

#56E7D6 #56AFE7 #5667E7

triadic

#56AFE7 #E756AF #AFE756

tetradic

#56AFE7 #D656E7 #E78E56 #67E756

square

#56AFE7 #D656E7 #E78E56 #67E756

split-complementary

#56AFE7 #E75667 #E7D656

monochromatic

#1872AA #2096DF #56AFE7 #8CC8EF #C1E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#56AFE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#56AFE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFE7

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFE7	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6ef',
    500: '#56afe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afe7;
$custom-light: #93c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.172,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.11803,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.38408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFE7

secondary

#E7C6B2

accent

#5C0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFE7

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

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