#56BBD6#56BBD6

#56BBD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.101 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBD6
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(193, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -21.51, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 31.06, 226.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0795 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.101 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7408, 42.3707, 70.0055)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBD6 #D67156

analogous

#56D6B1 #56BBD6 #567BD6

triadic

#56BBD6 #D656BB #BBD656

tetradic

#56BBD6 #B156D6 #D67156 #7BD656

square

#56BBD6 #B156D6 #D67156 #7BD656

split-complementary

#56BBD6 #D6567B #D6B156

monochromatic

#23788F #2FA1C0 #56BBD6 #87CFE2 #B9E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56BBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#56BBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBD6

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBD6	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB6D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.101 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe2',
    500: '#56bbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbd6;
$custom-light: #91cfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.656,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.10096,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBD6

secondary

#DDB5AB

accent

#6644E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBD6

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

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