#56BBDB#56BBDB

#56BBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBDB
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -20.02, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 31.92, 231.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0776 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.104 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3892, 42.6301, 73.4202)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBDB #DB7656

analogous

#56DBB8 #56BBDB #5679DB

triadic

#56BBDB #DB56BB #BBDB56

tetradic

#56BBDB #B856DB #DB7656 #79DB56

square

#56BBDB #B856DB #DB7656 #79DB56

split-complementary

#56BBDB #DB5679 #DBB856

monochromatic

#207A97 #2BA3C9 #56BBDB #88CFE6 #BBE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#56BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBDB

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBDB	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfe6',
    500: '#56bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbdb;
$custom-light: #92cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.436,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74454,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBDB

secondary

#E0B9AD

accent

#6840E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBDB

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

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