#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
RGBrgb(86, 186, 224)
HSLhsl(197, 69%, 61%)
HSVhsv(197, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.20, -17.99, -27.75)
CIE-LCHlch(71.20, 33.07, 237.04°)
OKLaboklab(74.43% -0.0747 -0.0774)
OKLCHoklch(74.43% 0.108 226)
XYZxyz(34.8459, 42.4745, 76.8686)
Luminance0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##56BAE01.002.219.509.50
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5021.001.001.00
##0000009.5021.001.001.00

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

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#56BAE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva