#56BCE7#56BCE7

#56BCE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCE7
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -16.90, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 34.66, 240.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0742 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.113 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2391, 43.7107, 82.1130)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCE7 #E78156

analogous

#56E7CA #56BCE7 #5674E7

triadic

#56BCE7 #E756BC #BCE756

tetradic

#56BCE7 #CA56E7 #E78156 #74E756

square

#56BCE7 #CA56E7 #E78156 #74E756

split-complementary

#56BCE7 #E75674 #E7CA56

monochromatic

#187FAA #20A7DF #56BCE7 #8CD1EF #C1E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BCE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#56BCE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCE7

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCE7	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0ee',
    500: '#56bce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bce7;
$custom-light: #93d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.793,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75185,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCE7

secondary

#E7C2B2

accent

#4A0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCE7

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

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