#56BCDE#56BCDE

#56BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.106 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCDE
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -19.64, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 32.49, 232.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0775 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.106 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0005, 43.2152, 75.5899)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCDE #DE7856

analogous

#56DEBC #56BCDE #5678DE

triadic

#56BCDE #DE56BC #BCDE56

tetradic

#56BCDE #BC56DE #DE7856 #78DE56

square

#56BCDE #BC56DE #DE7856 #78DE56

split-complementary

#56BCDE #DE5678 #DEBC56

monochromatic

#1E7C9B #28A5CE #56BCDE #89D0E8 #BCE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#56BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCDE

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCDE	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.106 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e8',
    500: '#56bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcde;
$custom-light: #92d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74808,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCDE

secondary

#E2BBAE

accent

#4516CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCDE

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

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