#56BDE3#56BDE3

#56BDE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.109 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDE3
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -18.64, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 33.54, 236.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0767 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.109 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8950, 43.9160, 79.2431)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDE3 #E37C56

analogous

#56E3C3 #56BDE3 #5677E3

triadic

#56BDE3 #E356BD #BDE356

tetradic

#56BDE3 #C356E3 #E37C56 #77E356

square

#56BDE3 #C356E3 #E37C56 #77E356

split-complementary

#56BDE3 #E35677 #E3C356

monochromatic

#1B7FA4 #24A7D8 #56BDE3 #8BD2EC #BFE6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#56BDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#56BDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDE3

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDE3	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.109 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ec',
    500: '#56bde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bde3;
$custom-light: #93d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75246,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDE3

secondary

#E5BEB0

accent

#4612D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDE3

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

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