#56BBED#56BBED

#56BBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56BBED
RGBrgb(86, 187, 237)
HSLhsl(200, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(200, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.98, -14.51, -33.60)
CIE-LCHlch(71.98, 36.60, 246.64°)
OKLaboklab(75.22% -0.0711 -0.0941)
OKLCHoklch(75.22% 0.118 232.9)
XYZxyz(36.8882, 43.6297, 86.5817)
Luminance0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56BBED #ED8856
analogous
#56EDD4 #56BBED #566FED
triadic
#56BBED #ED56BB #BBED56
tetradic
#56BBED #D456ED #ED8856 #6FED56
square
#56BBED #D456ED #ED8856 #6FED56
split-complementary
#56BBED #ED566F #EDD456
monochromatic
#1380B5 #1FA5E7 #56BBED #8DD1F3 #C5E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#56BBED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73
#56BBED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BBED
9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56BBED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56BBED1.002.169.739.73
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7321.001.001.00
##0000009.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2B9EF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EAAEC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56bbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 187, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 232.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cff3',
    500: '#56bbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56bbed;
$custom-light: #94cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56bbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.868,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75219,
    "c": 0.11797,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56BBED
secondary
#EAC6B4
accent
#4F08DD
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BBED

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#56BBED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva