#56BBE4#56BBE4

#56BBE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBE4
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 228)
HSL	hsl(197, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 18%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -17.29, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 33.98, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0743 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.11 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6062, 43.1169, 79.8297)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBE4 #E47F56

analogous

#56E4C6 #56BBE4 #5674E4

triadic

#56BBE4 #E456BB #BBE456

tetradic

#56BBE4 #C656E4 #E47F56 #74E456

square

#56BBE4 #C656E4 #E47F56 #74E456

split-complementary

#56BBE4 #E45674 #E4C656

monochromatic

#1A7DA5 #23A5DA #56BBE4 #8BD0EC #C0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#56BBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBE4

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBE4	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfec',
    500: '#56bbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbe4;
$custom-light: #93cfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.324,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74828,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBE4

secondary

#E5C0B0

accent

#4911D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBE4

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

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