#56BBEB#56BBEB

#56BBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.116 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBEB
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -15.13, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 35.97, 245.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0718 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.116 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5976, 43.5135, 85.0514)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBEB #EB8656

analogous

#56EBD1 #56BBEB #5670EB

triadic

#56BBEB #EB56BB #BBEB56

tetradic

#56BBEB #D156EB #EB8656 #70EB56

square

#56BBEB #D156EB #EB8656 #70EB56

split-complementary

#56BBEB #EB5670 #EBD156

monochromatic

#157FB2 #1FA5E5 #56BBEB #8DD1F1 #C3E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#56BBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBEB

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBEB	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.116 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cff1',
    500: '#56bbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbeb;
$custom-light: #94cff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.329,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.1162,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBEB

secondary

#E9C5B4

accent

#4E0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBEB

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

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