#56BDDC#56BDDC

#56BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.105 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDDC
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -20.75, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 32.08, 229.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0793 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.105 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9485, 43.5374, 74.2580)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDDC #DC7556

analogous

#56DCB8 #56BDDC #567ADC

triadic

#56BDDC #DC56BD #BDDC56

tetradic

#56BDDC #B856DC #DC7556 #7ADC56

square

#56BDDC #B856DC #DC7556 #7ADC56

split-complementary

#56BDDC #DC567A #DCB856

monochromatic

#207C98 #2AA6CB #56BDDC #89D1E6 #BBE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#56BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDDC

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDDC	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.105 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1e7',
    500: '#56bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bddc;
$custom-light: #92d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.881,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74958,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDDC

secondary

#E1B9AD

accent

#663FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDDC

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

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