#56BDD5#56BDD5

#56BDD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.101 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDD5
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -22.82, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 31.03, 222.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.082 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.101 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0407, 43.1743, 69.4774)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDD5 #D56E56

analogous

#56D5AE #56BDD5 #567DD5

triadic

#56BDD5 #D556BD #BDD556

tetradic

#56BDD5 #AE56D5 #D56E56 #7DD556

square

#56BDD5 #AE56D5 #D56E56 #7DD556

split-complementary

#56BDD5 #D5567D #D5AE56

monochromatic

#23798D #2FA3BE #56BDD5 #87D0E1 #B8E3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#56BDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#56BDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDD5

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDD5	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.101 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e2',
    500: '#56bdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdd5;
$custom-light: #91d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74681,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDD5

secondary

#DDB4AA

accent

#6244E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDD5

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

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