#56BDDD#56BDDD

#56BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.105 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDDD
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -20.45, -24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 32.26, 230.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0789 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.105 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0813, 43.5905, 74.9576)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDDD #DD7656

analogous

#56DDB9 #56BDDD #567ADD

triadic

#56BDDD #DD56BD #BDDD56

tetradic

#56BDDD #B956DD #DD7656 #7ADD56

square

#56BDDD #B956DD #DD7656 #7ADD56

split-complementary

#56BDDD #DD567A #DDB956

monochromatic

#1F7D9A #29A6CD #56BDDD #89D1E7 #BCE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#56BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDDD

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDDD	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.105 221.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDDD

secondary

#E1BAAE

accent

#4317CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDDD

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

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