#56BCD4#56BCD4

#56BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCD4
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -22.61, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 30.84, 222.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0813 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.1 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6998, 42.6950, 68.7396)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCD4 #D46E56

analogous

#56D4AD #56BCD4 #567DD4

triadic

#56BCD4 #D456BC #BCD456

tetradic

#56BCD4 #AD56D4 #D46E56 #7DD456

square

#56BCD4 #AD56D4 #D46E56 #7DD456

split-complementary

#56BCD4 #D4567D #D4AD56

monochromatic

#24788C #30A2BD #56BCD4 #87CFE0 #B8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#56BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCD4

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCD4	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e1',
    500: '#56bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcd4;
$custom-light: #91d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74408,
    "c": 0.10002,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCD4

secondary

#DCB3AA

accent

#6345E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCD4

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

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