#56BBD4#56BBD4

#56BBD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBD4
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(192, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -22.10, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 30.77, 224.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0803 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.1 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4870, 42.2692, 68.6686)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBD4 #D46F56

analogous

#56D4AE #56BBD4 #567CD4

triadic

#56BBD4 #D456BB #BBD456

tetradic

#56BBD4 #AE56D4 #D46F56 #7CD456

square

#56BBD4 #AE56D4 #D46F56 #7CD456

split-complementary

#56BBD4 #D4567C #D4AE56

monochromatic

#24778C #30A1BD #56BBD4 #87CFE0 #B8E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#56BBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBD4

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBD4	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe1',
    500: '#56bbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbd4;
$custom-light: #91cfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.905,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBD4

secondary

#DCB4AA

accent

#6445E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBD4

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

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