#56BAE4#56BAE4

#56BAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAE4
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 228)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -16.77, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 34.10, 240.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0732 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.111 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3948, 42.6941, 79.7592)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAE4 #E48056

analogous

#56E4C7 #56BAE4 #5673E4

triadic

#56BAE4 #E456BA #BAE456

tetradic

#56BAE4 #C756E4 #E48056 #73E456

square

#56BAE4 #C756E4 #E48056 #73E456

split-complementary

#56BAE4 #E45673 #E4C756

monochromatic

#1A7CA5 #23A4DA #56BAE4 #8BD0EC #C0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#56BAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAE4

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAE4	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ceec',
    500: '#56bae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bae4;
$custom-light: #93ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.746,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74599,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAE4

secondary

#E5C0B0

accent

#4B11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAE4

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

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