#56BAD4#56BAD4

#56BAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.100 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAD4
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -21.59, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 30.72, 225.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0792 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.1 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2756, 41.8464, 68.5981)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAD4 #D47056

analogous

#56D4AF #56BAD4 #567BD4

triadic

#56BAD4 #D456BA #BAD456

tetradic

#56BAD4 #AF56D4 #D47056 #7BD456

square

#56BAD4 #AF56D4 #D47056 #7BD456

split-complementary

#56BAD4 #D4567B #D4AF56

monochromatic

#24768C #30A0BD #56BAD4 #87CEE0 #B8E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#56BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAD4

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAD4	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.100 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe1',
    500: '#56bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bad4;
$custom-light: #91cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.381,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73941,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAD4

secondary

#DCB4AA

accent

#6645E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAD4

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

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