#56BAD5#56BAD5

#56BAD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.100 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAD5
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -21.29, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 30.87, 226.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0788 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.1 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4021, 41.8970, 69.2645)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAD5 #D57156

analogous

#56D5B0 #56BAD5 #567AD5

triadic

#56BAD5 #D556BA #BAD556

tetradic

#56BAD5 #B056D5 #D57156 #7AD556

square

#56BAD5 #B056D5 #D57156 #7AD556

split-complementary

#56BAD5 #D5567A #D5B056

monochromatic

#23778D #2FA0BE #56BAD5 #87CEE1 #B8E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56BAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#56BAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAD5

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAD5	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.100 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe2',
    500: '#56bad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bad5;
$custom-light: #91cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.756,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73981,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAD5

secondary

#DDB5AA

accent

#6644E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAD5

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

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