#56BAE7#56BAE7

#56BAE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAE7
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -15.85, -31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 34.95, 243.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0722 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.113 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8148, 42.8621, 81.9716)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAE7 #E78356

analogous

#56E7CC #56BAE7 #5671E7

triadic

#56BAE7 #E756BA #BAE756

tetradic

#56BAE7 #CC56E7 #E78356 #71E756

square

#56BAE7 #CC56E7 #E78356 #71E756

split-complementary

#56BAE7 #E75671 #E7CC56

monochromatic

#187DAA #20A4DF #56BAE7 #8CD0EF #C1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#56BAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAE7

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAE7	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ceee',
    500: '#56bae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bae7;
$custom-light: #93ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74728,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAE7

secondary

#E7C2B2

accent

#4D0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAE7

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

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