#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
RGBrgb(86, 186, 216)
HSLhsl(194, 63%, 59%)
HSVhsv(194, 60%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(60.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.91, -20.40, -23.83)
CIE-LCHlch(70.91, 31.37, 229.43°)
OKLaboklab(74.1% -0.0777 -0.0663)
OKLCHoklch(74.1% 0.102 220.5)
XYZxyz(33.7864, 42.0507, 71.2885)
Luminance0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##56BAD81.002.239.419.41
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4121.001.001.00
##0000009.4121.001.001.00

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

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#56BAD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva