#56BCD8#56BCD8

#56BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.102 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCD8
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, -21.43, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 31.39, 226.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0798 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.102 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2107, 42.8993, 71.4299)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCD8 #D87256

analogous

#56D8B3 #56BCD8 #567BD8

triadic

#56BCD8 #D856BC #BCD856

tetradic

#56BCD8 #B356D8 #D87256 #7BD856

square

#56BCD8 #B356D8 #D87256 #7BD856

split-complementary

#56BCD8 #D8567B #D8B356

monochromatic

#227A92 #2DA3C4 #56BCD8 #88D0E3 #B9E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#56BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCD8

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCD8	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.102 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e4',
    500: '#56bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcd8;
$custom-light: #92d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74566,
    "c": 0.10214,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCD8

secondary

#DEB6AB

accent

#6542E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCD8

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

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