#56BAD8#56BAD8

#56BAD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAD8
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -20.40, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 31.37, 229.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0777 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.102 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7864, 42.0507, 71.2885)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAD8 #D87456

analogous

#56D8B5 #56BAD8 #5679D8

triadic

#56BAD8 #D856BA #BAD856

tetradic

#56BAD8 #B556D8 #D87456 #79D856

square

#56BAD8 #B556D8 #D87456 #79D856

split-complementary

#56BAD8 #D85679 #D8B556

monochromatic

#227892 #2DA1C4 #56BAD8 #88CEE3 #B9E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56BAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#56BAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAD8

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAD8	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe4',
    500: '#56bad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bad8;
$custom-light: #91cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74101,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAD8

secondary

#DEB7AB

accent

#6842E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAD8

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

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