#56BBD8#56BBD8

#56BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBD8
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -20.92, -23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 31.38, 228.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0787 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.102 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9978, 42.4735, 71.3589)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBD8 #D87356

analogous

#56D8B4 #56BBD8 #567AD8

triadic

#56BBD8 #D856BB #BBD856

tetradic

#56BBD8 #B456D8 #D87356 #7AD856

square

#56BBD8 #B456D8 #D87356 #7AD856

split-complementary

#56BBD8 #D8567A #D8B456

monochromatic

#227992 #2DA2C4 #56BBD8 #88CFE3 #B9E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#56BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBD8

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBD8	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfe4',
    500: '#56bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbd8;
$custom-light: #92cfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74333,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBD8

secondary

#DEB7AB

accent

#6742E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBD8

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

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