#56BBEC#56BBEC

#56BBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BBEC
RGB	rgb(86, 187, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -14.82, -33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 36.28, 245.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0715 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.117 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7425, 43.5714, 85.8144)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BBEC #EC8756

analogous

#56ECD2 #56BBEC #5670EC

triadic

#56BBEC #EC56BB #BBEC56

tetradic

#56BBEC #D256EC #EC8756 #70EC56

square

#56BBEC #D256EC #EC8756 #70EC56

split-complementary

#56BBEC #EC5670 #ECD256

monochromatic

#147FB3 #1FA5E6 #56BBEC #8DD1F2 #C4E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#56BBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBEC

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BBEC	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cff2',
    500: '#56bbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bbec;
$custom-light: #94cff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75174,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BBEC

secondary

#EAC6B4

accent

#4E09DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBEC

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

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