#56BAE0#56BAE0

#56BAE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.108 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAE0
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -17.99, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 33.07, 237.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0747 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.108 226)
XYZ	xyz(34.8459, 42.4745, 76.8686)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAE0 #E07C56

analogous

#56E0C1 #56BAE0 #5675E0

triadic

#56BAE0 #E056BA #BAE056

tetradic

#56BAE0 #C156E0 #E07C56 #75E056

square

#56BAE0 #C156E0 #E07C56 #75E056

split-complementary

#56BAE0 #E05675 #E0C156

monochromatic

#1D7B9F #27A3D2 #56BAE0 #8ACFE9 #BDE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#56BAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAE0

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAE0	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.108 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cee9',
    500: '#56bae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bae0;
$custom-light: #92cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7443,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.42478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAE0

secondary

#E3BDAF

accent

#4815D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAE0

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

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