#56BAEF#56BAEF

#56BAEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BAEF
RGB	rgb(86, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -13.35, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 37.46, 249.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% -0.0694 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.12 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9706, 43.3244, 88.0587)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56BAEF #EF8B56

analogous

#56EFD7 #56BAEF #566DEF

triadic

#56BAEF #EF56BA #BAEF56

tetradic

#56BAEF #D756EF #EF8B56 #6DEF56

square

#56BAEF #D756EF #EF8B56 #6DEF56

split-complementary

#56BAEF #EF566D #EFD756

monochromatic

#127FB9 #1EA3EA #56BAEF #8ED1F4 #C6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#56BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#56BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BAEF

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BAEF	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cef4',
    500: '#56baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56baef;
$custom-light: #94cef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.784,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75081,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BAEF

secondary

#EBC8B5

accent

#5106DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BAEF

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

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