#56BCED#56BCED

#56BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.118 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCED
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -15.04, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 36.41, 245.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0721 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.118 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1011, 44.0555, 86.6526)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCED #ED8756

analogous

#56EDD2 #56BCED #5670ED

triadic

#56BCED #ED56BC #BCED56

tetradic

#56BCED #D256ED #ED8756 #70ED56

square

#56BCED #D256ED #ED8756 #70ED56

split-complementary

#56BCED #ED5670 #EDD256

monochromatic

#1381B5 #1FA6E7 #56BCED #8DD2F3 #C5E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#56BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCED

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCED	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.118 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0f3',
    500: '#56bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bced;
$custom-light: #94d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.47,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75446,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCED

secondary

#EAC6B4

accent

#4D08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCED

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →