#56BAD2#56BAD2

#56BAD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAD2
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(192, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -22.18, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 30.45, 223.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.08 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.099 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0248, 41.7461, 67.2777)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAD2 #D26E56

analogous

#56D2AC #56BAD2 #567CD2

triadic

#56BAD2 #D256BA #BAD256

tetradic

#56BAD2 #AC56D2 #D26E56 #7CD256

square

#56BAD2 #AC56D2 #D26E56 #7CD256

split-complementary

#56BAD2 #D2567C #D2AC56

monochromatic

#257689 #319FB9 #56BAD2 #86CEDF #B7E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56BAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#56BAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAD2

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAD2	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfdf',
    500: '#56bad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bad2;
$custom-light: #91cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAD2

secondary

#DBB3A9

accent

#6547E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAD2

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

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