#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
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 232)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -9.63, -36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 37.75, 255.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0605 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.119 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7277, 38.4612, 81.9746)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##56AFE8	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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