#56BCE8#56BCE8

#56BCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCE8
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -16.59, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 34.94, 241.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0739 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.113 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3807, 43.7673, 82.8589)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCE8 #E88256

analogous

#56E8CB #56BCE8 #5673E8

triadic

#56BCE8 #E856BC #BCE856

tetradic

#56BCE8 #CB56E8 #E88256 #73E856

square

#56BCE8 #CB56E8 #E88256 #73E856

split-complementary

#56BCE8 #E85673 #E8CB56

monochromatic

#177FAC #20A7E1 #56BCE8 #8CD1EF #C2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#56BCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#56BCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCE8

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCE8	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0ef',
    500: '#56bce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bce8;
$custom-light: #93d0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75228,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCE8

secondary

#E8C2B2

accent

#4A0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCE8

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

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