#56BCDB#56BCDB

#56BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.104 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCDB
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -20.54, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 31.90, 229.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0786 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.104 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6020, 43.0558, 73.4912)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCDB #DB7556

analogous

#56DBB8 #56BCDB #567ADB

triadic

#56BCDB #DB56BC #BCDB56

tetradic

#56BCDB #B856DB #DB7556 #7ADB56

square

#56BCDB #B856DB #DB7556 #7ADB56

split-complementary

#56BCDB #DB567A #DBB856

monochromatic

#207B97 #2BA4C9 #56BCDB #88D0E6 #BBE4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#56BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCDB

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCDB	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.104 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e6',
    500: '#56bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcdb;
$custom-light: #92d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCDB

secondary

#E0B9AD

accent

#6740E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCDB

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

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