#56BBD5#56BBD5

#56BBD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBD5
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -21.81, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 30.91, 225.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0799 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.1 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6135, 42.3198, 69.3350)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBD5 #D57056

analogous

#56D5AF #56BBD5 #567BD5

triadic

#56BBD5 #D556BB #BBD556

tetradic

#56BBD5 #AF56D5 #D57056 #7BD556

square

#56BBD5 #AF56D5 #D57056 #7BD556

split-complementary

#56BBD5 #D5567B #D5AF56

monochromatic

#23788D #2FA1BE #56BBD5 #87CFE1 #B8E2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#56BBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBD5

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBD5	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe2',
    500: '#56bbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbd5;
$custom-light: #91cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.283,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74214,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBD5

secondary

#DDB5AA

accent

#6544E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBD5

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

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