#56BAE5#56BAE5

#56BAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAE5
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -16.46, -30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 34.38, 241.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0729 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.111 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5340, 42.7498, 80.4924)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAE5 #E58156

analogous

#56E5C9 #56BAE5 #5673E5

triadic

#56BAE5 #E556BA #BAE556

tetradic

#56BAE5 #C956E5 #E58156 #73E556

square

#56BAE5 #C956E5 #E58156 #73E556

split-complementary

#56BAE5 #E55673 #E5C956

monochromatic

#1A7CA7 #22A4DC #56BAE5 #8BD0ED #C0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#56BAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAE5

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAE5	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ceed',
    500: '#56bae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bae5;
$custom-light: #93ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.042,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74642,
    "c": 0.11146,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAE5

secondary

#E6C1B1

accent

#4B10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAE5

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

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