#56BCD7#56BCD7

#56BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.102 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCD7
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -21.73, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 31.24, 225.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0802 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.102 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0818, 42.8477, 70.7511)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCD7 #D77156

analogous

#56D7B2 #56BCD7 #567CD7

triadic

#56BCD7 #D756BC #BCD756

tetradic

#56BCD7 #B256D7 #D77156 #7CD756

square

#56BCD7 #B256D7 #D77156 #7CD756

split-complementary

#56BCD7 #D7567C #D7B256

monochromatic

#227990 #2EA3C2 #56BCD7 #87D0E3 #B9E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#56BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCD7

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCD7	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.102 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0e3',
    500: '#56bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcd7;
$custom-light: #91d0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.558,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74526,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCD7

secondary

#DEB6AB

accent

#6543E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCD7

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

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