#56BAEE#56BAEE

#56BAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.119 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAEE
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -13.67, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 37.13, 248.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0698 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.119 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8233, 43.2655, 87.2828)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAEE #EE8A56

analogous

#56EED6 #56BAEE #566EEE

triadic

#56BAEE #EE56BA #BAEE56

tetradic

#56BAEE #D656EE #EE8A56 #6EEE56

square

#56BAEE #D656EE #EE8A56 #6EEE56

split-complementary

#56BAEE #EE566E #EED656

monochromatic

#127FB7 #1EA3E8 #56BAEE #8ED1F4 #C5E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#56BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAEE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAEE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.119 234.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.526,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75036,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAEE

secondary

#EBC7B5

accent

#5107DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAEE

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

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