#56BBDD#56BBDD

#56BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.105 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBDD
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -19.42, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 32.32, 233.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0768 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.105 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6540, 42.7360, 74.8152)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBDD #DD7856

analogous

#56DDBB #56BBDD #5678DD

triadic

#56BBDD #DD56BB #BBDD56

tetradic

#56BBDD #BB56DD #DD7856 #78DD56

square

#56BBDD #BB56DD #DD7856 #78DD56

split-complementary

#56BBDD #DD5678 #DDBB56

monochromatic

#1F7B9A #29A3CD #56BBDD #89D0E7 #BCE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#56BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBDD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBDD	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.105 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfe7',
    500: '#56bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbdd;
$custom-light: #92cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74536,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBDD

secondary

#E1BBAE

accent

#4517CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBDD

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

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