#56BCD5#56BCD5

#56BCD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCD5
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -22.32, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 30.96, 223.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0809 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.101 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8264, 42.7456, 69.4060)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCD5 #D56F56

analogous

#56D5AE #56BCD5 #567CD5

triadic

#56BCD5 #D556BC #BCD556

tetradic

#56BCD5 #AE56D5 #D56F56 #7CD556

square

#56BCD5 #AE56D5 #D56F56 #7CD556

split-complementary

#56BCD5 #D5567C #D5AE56

monochromatic

#23798D #2FA2BE #56BCD5 #87CFE1 #B8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56BCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#56BCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCD5

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCD5	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e2',
    500: '#56bcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcd5;
$custom-light: #91d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.811,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCD5

secondary

#DDB4AA

accent

#6444E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCD5

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

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