#56BCE0#56BCE0

#56BCE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.107 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCE0
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 224)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -19.03, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 32.92, 234.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0768 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.107 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2702, 43.3231, 77.0100)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCE0 #E07A56

analogous

#56E0BF #56BCE0 #5677E0

triadic

#56BCE0 #E056BC #BCE056

tetradic

#56BCE0 #BF56E0 #E07A56 #77E056

square

#56BCE0 #BF56E0 #E07A56 #77E056

split-complementary

#56BCE0 #E05677 #E0BF56

monochromatic

#1D7D9F #27A5D2 #56BCE0 #8AD1E9 #BDE5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#56BCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#56BCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCE0

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCE0	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.107 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d0e9',
    500: '#56bce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bce0;
$custom-light: #92d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74891,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCE0

secondary

#E3BCAF

accent

#4615D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCE0

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

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