#56BBDF#56BBDF

#56BBDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.107 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBDF
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -18.82, -26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 32.76, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0761 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.107 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9221, 42.8433, 76.2269)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBDF #DF7A56

analogous

#56DFBE #56BBDF #5677DF

triadic

#56BBDF #DF56BB #BBDF56

tetradic

#56BBDF #BE56DF #DF7A56 #77DF56

square

#56BBDF #BE56DF #DF7A56 #77DF56

split-complementary

#56BBDF #DF5677 #DFBE56

monochromatic

#1E7B9D #27A4D0 #56BBDF #89D0E9 #BDE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#56BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBDF

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBDF	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.107 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfe9',
    500: '#56bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbdf;
$custom-light: #92cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74619,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBDF

secondary

#E2BCAE

accent

#4615D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBDF

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

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