#56BAED#56BAED

#56BAED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAED
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 237)
HSL	hsl(200, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -13.98, -34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 36.80, 247.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0701 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.118 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6768, 43.2069, 86.5112)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAED #ED8956

analogous

#56EDD5 #56BAED #566EED

triadic

#56BAED #ED56BA #BAED56

tetradic

#56BAED #D556ED #ED8956 #6EED56

square

#56BAED #D556ED #ED8956 #6EED56

split-complementary

#56BAED #ED566E #EDD556

monochromatic

#137FB5 #1FA3E7 #56BAED #8DD1F3 #C5E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#56BAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAED

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAED	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56baed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cef3',
    500: '#56baed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56baed;
$custom-light: #94cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56baed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.265,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74992,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAED

secondary

#EAC7B4

accent

#5008DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAED

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

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