#56BCE2#56BCE2

#56BCE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.109 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCE2
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -18.43, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 33.38, 236.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.076 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.109 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5430, 43.4322, 78.4469)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCE2 #E27C56

analogous

#56E2C2 #56BCE2 #5676E2

triadic

#56BCE2 #E256BC #BCE256

tetradic

#56BCE2 #C256E2 #E27C56 #76E256

square

#56BCE2 #C256E2 #E27C56 #76E256

split-complementary

#56BCE2 #E25676 #E2C256

monochromatic

#1C7DA2 #25A6D6 #56BCE2 #8AD1EB #BEE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#56BCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#56BCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCE2

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCE2	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B8E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.109 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0eb',
    500: '#56bce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bce2;
$custom-light: #93d0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74974,
    "c": 0.10867,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCE2

secondary

#E4BEB0

accent

#4713D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCE2

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

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