#56BCD2#56BCD2

#56BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.099 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCD2
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(191, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -23.19, -19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 30.62, 220.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0821 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.099 214)
XYZ	xyz(33.4491, 42.5947, 67.4191)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCD2 #D26C56

analogous

#56D2AA #56BCD2 #567ED2

triadic

#56BCD2 #D256BC #BCD256

tetradic

#56BCD2 #AA56D2 #D26C56 #7ED256

square

#56BCD2 #AA56D2 #D26C56 #7ED256

split-complementary

#56BCD2 #D2567E #D2AA56

monochromatic

#257789 #31A1B9 #56BCD2 #86CFDF #B7E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#56BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCD2

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCD2	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.099 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0df',
    500: '#56bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcd2;
$custom-light: #91d0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.645,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74331,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.42598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCD2

secondary

#DBB2A9

accent

#6247E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCD2

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

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