#56BCE6#56BCE6

#56BCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.112 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCE6
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 230)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -17.20, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 34.39, 239.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0746 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.112 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0983, 43.6543, 81.3713)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCE6 #E68056

analogous

#56E6C8 #56BCE6 #5674E6

triadic

#56BCE6 #E656BC #BCE656

tetradic

#56BCE6 #C856E6 #E68056 #74E656

square

#56BCE6 #C856E6 #E68056 #74E656

split-complementary

#56BCE6 #E65674 #E6C856

monochromatic

#197FA9 #21A7DE #56BCE6 #8BD1EE #C1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#56BCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCE6

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCE6	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.112 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0ee',
    500: '#56bce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bce6;
$custom-light: #93d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75143,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCE6

secondary

#E6C1B1

accent

#490FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCE6

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

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