#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
RGBrgb(86, 186, 229)
HSLhsl(198, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(198, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.38, -16.46, -30.18)
CIE-LCHlch(71.38, 34.38, 241.39°)
OKLaboklab(74.64% -0.0729 -0.0843)
OKLCHoklch(74.64% 0.111 229.2)
XYZxyz(35.5340, 42.7498, 80.4924)
Luminance0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##56BAE51.002.209.559.55
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5521.001.001.00
##0000009.5521.001.001.00

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

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#56BAE5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva