#56BCD3#56BCD3

#56BCD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCD3
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 211)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -22.90, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 30.72, 221.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0817 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.1 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5741, 42.6447, 68.0773)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCD3 #D36D56

analogous

#56D3AB #56BCD3 #567DD3

triadic

#56BCD3 #D356BC #BCD356

tetradic

#56BCD3 #AB56D3 #D36D56 #7DD356

square

#56BCD3 #AB56D3 #D36D56 #7DD356

split-complementary

#56BCD3 #D3567D #D3AB56

monochromatic

#24788B #31A2BB #56BCD3 #87CFE0 #B7E3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#56BCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCD3

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCD3	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e0',
    500: '#56bcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcd3;
$custom-light: #91d0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.04,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74369,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCD3

secondary

#DBB3AA

accent

#6346E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCD3

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

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