#56BCD9#56BCD9

#56BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCD9
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(193, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -21.13, -23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 31.56, 227.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0794 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.103 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3403, 42.9512, 72.1128)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCD9 #D97356

analogous

#56D9B4 #56BCD9 #567BD9

triadic

#56BCD9 #D956BC #BCD956

tetradic

#56BCD9 #B456D9 #D97356 #7BD956

square

#56BCD9 #B456D9 #D97356 #7BD956

split-complementary

#56BCD9 #D9567B #D9B456

monochromatic

#217A93 #2CA4C5 #56BCD9 #88D0E4 #BAE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#56BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCD9

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCD9	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e4',
    500: '#56bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcd9;
$custom-light: #92d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.282,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCD9

secondary

#DFB7AC

accent

#6641E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCD9

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

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