#56BDDE#56BDDE

#56BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.106 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDDE
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -20.15, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 32.46, 231.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0786 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.106 222)
XYZ	xyz(35.2149, 43.6440, 75.6614)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDDE #DE7756

analogous

#56DEBB #56BDDE #5679DE

triadic

#56BDDE #DE56BD #BDDE56

tetradic

#56BDDE #BB56DE #DE7756 #79DE56

square

#56BDDE #BB56DE #DE7756 #79DE56

split-complementary

#56BDDE #DE5679 #DEBB56

monochromatic

#1E7D9B #28A6CE #56BDDE #89D1E8 #BCE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#56BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDDE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDDE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.106 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1e8',
    500: '#56bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdde;
$custom-light: #92d1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.559,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75039,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.43648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDDE

secondary

#E2BBAE

accent

#4316CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDDE

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

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