#56BCEF#56BCEF

#56BCEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCEF
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 21.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -14.42, -34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 37.04, 247.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0714 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.119 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3949, 44.1730, 88.2001)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCEF #EF8956

analogous

#56EFD5 #56BCEF #566FEF

triadic

#56BCEF #EF56BC #BCEF56

tetradic

#56BCEF #D556EF #EF8956 #6FEF56

square

#56BCEF #D556EF #EF8956 #6FEF56

split-complementary

#56BCEF #EF566F #EFD556

monochromatic

#1281B9 #1EA6EA #56BCEF #8ED2F4 #C6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56BCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#56BCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCEF

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCEF	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3BAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EABEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0f4',
    500: '#56bcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcef;
$custom-light: #94d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75534,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCEF

secondary

#EBC7B5

accent

#4F06DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCEF

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

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