#56BBE6#56BBE6

#56BBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBE6
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -16.68, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 34.52, 241.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0736 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.112 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8854, 43.2286, 81.3003)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBE6 #E68156

analogous

#56E6C9 #56BBE6 #5673E6

triadic

#56BBE6 #E656BB #BBE656

tetradic

#56BBE6 #C956E6 #E68156 #73E656

square

#56BBE6 #C956E6 #E68156 #73E656

split-complementary

#56BBE6 #E65673 #E6C956

monochromatic

#197EA9 #21A5DE #56BBE6 #8BD0EE #C1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#56BBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBE6

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBE6	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfee',
    500: '#56bbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbe6;
$custom-light: #93cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.917,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBE6

secondary

#E6C1B1

accent

#4B0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBE6

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

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