#56BADE#56BADE

#56BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BADE
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -18.60, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 32.60, 235.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0754 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.106 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5763, 42.3667, 75.4485)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BADE #DE7A56

analogous

#56DEBE #56BADE #5676DE

triadic

#56BADE #DE56BA #BADE56

tetradic

#56BADE #BE56DE #DE7A56 #76DE56

square

#56BADE #BE56DE #DE7A56 #76DE56

split-complementary

#56BADE #DE5676 #DEBE56

monochromatic

#1E7A9B #28A2CE #56BADE #89CFE8 #BCE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#56BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BADE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BADE	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cee8',
    500: '#56bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bade;
$custom-light: #92cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74346,
    "c": 0.1061,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BADE

secondary

#E2BCAE

accent

#4716CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BADE

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

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