#56BCDC#56BCDC

#56BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.105 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCDC
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -20.24, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 32.09, 230.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0783 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.105 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7341, 43.1087, 74.1866)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCDC #DC7656

analogous

#56DCB9 #56BCDC #5679DC

triadic

#56BCDC #DC56BC #BCDC56

tetradic

#56BCDC #B956DC #DC7656 #79DC56

square

#56BCDC #B956DC #DC7656 #79DC56

split-complementary

#56BCDC #DC5679 #DCB956

monochromatic

#207B98 #2AA4CB #56BCDC #89D0E6 #BBE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#56BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCDC

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCDC	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.105 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e7',
    500: '#56bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcdc;
$custom-light: #92d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.328,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74727,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCDC

secondary

#E1B9AD

accent

#683FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCDC

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

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