#56BAE9#56BAE9

#56BAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAE9
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -15.23, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 35.54, 244.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0715 -0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.115 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0989, 42.9757, 83.4677)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAE9 #E98556

analogous

#56E9CF #56BAE9 #5670E9

triadic

#56BAE9 #E956BA #BAE956

tetradic

#56BAE9 #CF56E9 #E98556 #70E956

square

#56BAE9 #CF56E9 #E98556 #70E956

split-complementary

#56BAE9 #E95670 #E9CF56

monochromatic

#177EAE #20A4E2 #56BAE9 #8CD0F0 #C2E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#56BAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAE9

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAE9	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cef0',
    500: '#56bae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bae9;
$custom-light: #93cef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.184,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAE9

secondary

#E8C4B3

accent

#4E0CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAE9

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

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