#56B9DE#56B9DE

#56B9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.106 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B9DE
RGB	rgb(86, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -18.08, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 32.67, 236.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0744 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.106 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3663, 41.9468, 75.3785)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B9DE #DE7B56

analogous

#56DEBF #56B9DE #5675DE

triadic

#56B9DE #DE56B9 #B9DE56

tetradic

#56B9DE #BF56DE #DE7B56 #75DE56

square

#56B9DE #BF56DE #DE7B56 #75DE56

split-complementary

#56B9DE #DE5675 #DEBF56

monochromatic

#1E799B #28A1CE #56B9DE #89CEE8 #BCE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56B9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#56B9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B9DE

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B9DE	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.106 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cee8',
    500: '#56b9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b9de;
$custom-light: #92cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.324,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74116,
    "c": 0.10625,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B9DE

secondary

#E2BCAE

accent

#4916CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B9DE

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

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