#56BCE9#56BCE9

#56BCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCE9
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -16.28, -31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 35.22, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0735 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.114 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5232, 43.8243, 83.6091)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCE9 #E98356

analogous

#56E9CC #56BCE9 #5673E9

triadic

#56BCE9 #E956BC #BCE956

tetradic

#56BCE9 #CC56E9 #E98356 #73E956

square

#56BCE9 #CC56E9 #E98356 #73E956

split-complementary

#56BCE9 #E95673 #E9CC56

monochromatic

#1780AE #20A7E2 #56BCE9 #8CD1F0 #C2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#56BCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#56BCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCE9

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCE9	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d0f0',
    500: '#56bce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bce9;
$custom-light: #93d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75271,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCE9

secondary

#E8C3B3

accent

#4B0CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCE9

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

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