#56BDE2#56BDE2

#56BDE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.109 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDE2
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -18.95, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 33.31, 235.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0771 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.109 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7574, 43.8610, 78.5183)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDE2 #E27B56

analogous

#56E2C1 #56BDE2 #5677E2

triadic

#56BDE2 #E256BD #BDE256

tetradic

#56BDE2 #C156E2 #E27B56 #77E256

square

#56BDE2 #C156E2 #E27B56 #77E256

split-complementary

#56BDE2 #E25677 #E2C156

monochromatic

#1C7EA2 #25A7D6 #56BDE2 #8AD1EB #BEE6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#56BDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#56BDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDE2

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDE2	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.109 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1eb',
    500: '#56bde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bde2;
$custom-light: #93d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.857,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75204,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDE2

secondary

#E4BEB0

accent

#4613D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDE2

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

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