#56BCDF#56BCDF

#56BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.107 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCDF
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -19.34, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 32.70, 233.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0771 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.107 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1350, 43.2690, 76.2979)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCDF #DF7956

analogous

#56DFBD #56BCDF #5678DF

triadic

#56BCDF #DF56BC #BCDF56

tetradic

#56BCDF #BD56DF #DF7956 #78DF56

square

#56BCDF #BD56DF #DF7956 #78DF56

split-complementary

#56BCDF #DF5678 #DFBD56

monochromatic

#1E7C9D #27A5D0 #56BCDF #89D0E9 #BDE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#56BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCDF

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCDF	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.107 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e9',
    500: '#56bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcdf;
$custom-light: #92d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.328,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74849,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCDF

secondary

#E2BCAE

accent

#4515D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCDF

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

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