#56AFE8#56AFE8

#56AFE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56AFE8
RGBrgb(86, 175, 232)
HSLhsl(203, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(203, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.36, -9.63, -36.50)
CIE-LCHlch(68.36, 37.75, 255.22°)
OKLaboklab(72.28% -0.0605 -0.1025)
OKLCHoklch(72.28% 0.119 239.4)
XYZxyz(33.7277, 38.4612, 81.9746)
Luminance0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56AFE8 #E88F56
analogous
#56E8D8 #56AFE8 #5666E8
triadic
#56AFE8 #E856AF #AFE856
tetradic
#56AFE8 #D856E8 #E88F56 #66E856
square
#56AFE8 #D856E8 #E88F56 #66E856
split-complementary
#56AFE8 #E85666 #E8D856
monochromatic
#1772AC #2095E1 #56AFE8 #8CC8EF #C2E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#56AFE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69
#56AFE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFE8
8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56AFE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56AFE81.002.428.698.69
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6921.001.001.00
##0000008.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95AFEB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#81A0E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56afe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 239.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6ef',
    500: '#56afe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56afe8;
$custom-light: #93c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56afe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.425,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56AFE8
secondary
#E8C7B2
accent
#5D0DD8
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFE8

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#56AFE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva