#56AFEE#56AFEE

#56AFEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFEE
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -7.71, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 40.13, 258.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0586 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.125 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5945, 38.8079, 86.5399)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFEE #EE9556

analogous

#56EEE1 #56AFEE #5663EE

triadic

#56AFEE #EE56AF #AFEE56

tetradic

#56AFEE #E156EE #EE9556 #63EE56

square

#56AFEE #E156EE #EE9556 #63EE56

split-complementary

#56AFEE #EE5663 #EEE156

monochromatic

#1273B7 #1E95E8 #56AFEE #8EC9F4 #C5E4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56AFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#56AFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFEE

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFEE	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6f3',
    500: '#56afee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afee;
$custom-light: #94c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.868,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFEE

secondary

#EBCBB5

accent

#6007DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFEE

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

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