#56BCDA#56BCDA

#56BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCDA
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(194, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -20.84, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 31.73, 228.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.079 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.103 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4708, 43.0034, 72.7999)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCDA #DA7456

analogous

#56DAB6 #56BCDA #567ADA

triadic

#56BCDA #DA56BC #BCDA56

tetradic

#56BCDA #B656DA #DA7456 #7ADA56

square

#56BCDA #B656DA #DA7456 #7ADA56

split-complementary

#56BCDA #DA567A #DAB656

monochromatic

#217B95 #2CA4C7 #56BCDA #88D0E5 #BAE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#56BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#56BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCDA

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCDA	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e5',
    500: '#56bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcda;
$custom-light: #92d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74646,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCDA

secondary

#E0B8AC

accent

#6741E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCDA

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

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