#56BCDD#56BCDD

#56BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.105 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCDD
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -19.94, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 32.29, 231.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0779 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.105 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8669, 43.1618, 74.8861)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCDD #DD7756

analogous

#56DDBB #56BCDD #5678DD

triadic

#56BCDD #DD56BC #BCDD56

tetradic

#56BCDD #BB56DD #DD7756 #78DD56

square

#56BCDD #BB56DD #DD7756 #78DD56

split-complementary

#56BCDD #DD5678 #DDBB56

monochromatic

#1F7C9A #29A5CD #56BCDD #89D0E7 #BCE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#56BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCDD

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCDD	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.105 222.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74767,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCDD

secondary

#E1BAAE

accent

#4417CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCDD

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

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