#56AFED#56AFED

#56AFED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.124 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFED
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -8.03, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 39.72, 258.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0589 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.124 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4480, 38.7493, 85.7683)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFED #ED9456

analogous

#56EDE0 #56AFED #5663ED

triadic

#56AFED #ED56AF #AFED56

tetradic

#56AFED #E056ED #ED9456 #63ED56

square

#56AFED #E056ED #ED9456 #63ED56

split-complementary

#56AFED #ED5663 #EDE056

monochromatic

#1373B5 #1F95E7 #56AFED #8DC9F3 #C5E3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56AFED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#56AFED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFED

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFED	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.124 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c6f3',
    500: '#56afed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afed;
$custom-light: #93c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.636,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFED

secondary

#EACBB4

accent

#6008DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFED

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

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