#56BAD9#56BAD9

#56BAD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAD9
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -20.10, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 31.55, 230.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0773 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.103 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9161, 42.1026, 71.9714)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAD9 #D97556

analogous

#56D9B6 #56BAD9 #5679D9

triadic

#56BAD9 #D956BA #BAD956

tetradic

#56BAD9 #B656D9 #D97556 #79D956

square

#56BAD9 #B656D9 #D97556 #79D956

split-complementary

#56BAD9 #D95679 #D9B656

monochromatic

#217893 #2CA1C5 #56BAD9 #88CEE4 #BAE3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56BAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#56BAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAD9

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAD9	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfe4',
    500: '#56bad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bad9;
$custom-light: #92cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.198,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74141,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAD9

secondary

#DFB8AC

accent

#6841E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAD9

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

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