#56BBD7#56BBD7

#56BBD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBD7
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 13%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -21.21, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 31.21, 227.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0791 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.102 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8689, 42.4220, 70.6802)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBD7 #D77256

analogous

#56D7B2 #56BBD7 #567BD7

triadic

#56BBD7 #D756BB #BBD756

tetradic

#56BBD7 #B256D7 #D77256 #7BD756

square

#56BBD7 #B256D7 #D77256 #7BD756

split-complementary

#56BBD7 #D7567B #D7B256

monochromatic

#227890 #2EA2C2 #56BBD7 #87CFE3 #B9E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#56BBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBD7

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBD7	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cfe3',
    500: '#56bbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbd7;
$custom-light: #91cfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.023,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74293,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBD7

secondary

#DEB6AB

accent

#6643E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBD7

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

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