#56BBE7#56BBE7

#56BBE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.113 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBE7
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 19%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -16.37, -30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 34.80, 241.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0732 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.113 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0262, 43.2849, 82.0420)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBE7 #E78256

analogous

#56E7CB #56BBE7 #5672E7

triadic

#56BBE7 #E756BB #BBE756

tetradic

#56BBE7 #CB56E7 #E78256 #72E756

square

#56BBE7 #CB56E7 #E78256 #72E756

split-complementary

#56BBE7 #E75672 #E7CB56

monochromatic

#187EAA #20A5DF #56BBE7 #8CD1EF #C1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#56BBE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#56BBE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBE7

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBE7	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.113 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfee',
    500: '#56bbe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbe7;
$custom-light: #93cfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74957,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBE7

secondary

#E7C2B2

accent

#4B0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBE7

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

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