#56BAE2#56BAE2

#56BAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAE2
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -17.38, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 33.57, 238.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.074 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.109 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1187, 42.5837, 78.3055)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAE2 #E27E56

analogous

#56E2C4 #56BAE2 #5674E2

triadic

#56BAE2 #E256BA #BAE256

tetradic

#56BAE2 #C456E2 #E27E56 #74E256

square

#56BAE2 #C456E2 #E27E56 #74E256

split-complementary

#56BAE2 #E25674 #E2C456

monochromatic

#1C7CA2 #25A3D6 #56BAE2 #8ACFEB #BEE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#56BAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAE2

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAE2	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ceeb',
    500: '#56bae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bae2;
$custom-light: #93ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74514,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAE2

secondary

#E4BFB0

accent

#4A13D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAE2

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

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