#56BBDE#56BBDE

#56BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.106 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBDE
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -19.12, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 32.54, 234.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0765 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.106 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7877, 42.7895, 75.5189)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBDE #DE7956

analogous

#56DEBD #56BBDE #5677DE

triadic

#56BBDE #DE56BB #BBDE56

tetradic

#56BBDE #BD56DE #DE7956 #77DE56

square

#56BBDE #BD56DE #DE7956 #77DE56

split-complementary

#56BBDE #DE5677 #DEBD56

monochromatic

#1E7B9B #28A4CE #56BBDE #89D0E8 #BCE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#56BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBDE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBDE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.106 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfe8',
    500: '#56bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbde;
$custom-light: #92cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.441,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74577,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBDE

secondary

#E2BBAE

accent

#4616CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBDE

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

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