#56BDE5#56BDE5

#56BDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDE5
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -18.03, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 34.02, 237.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.076 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.111 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1726, 44.0271, 80.7053)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDE5 #E57E56

analogous

#56E5C5 #56BDE5 #5676E5

triadic

#56BDE5 #E556BD #BDE556

tetradic

#56BDE5 #C556E5 #E57E56 #76E556

square

#56BDE5 #C556E5 #E57E56 #76E556

split-complementary

#56BDE5 #E55676 #E5C556

monochromatic

#1A7FA7 #22A8DC #56BDE5 #8BD2ED #C0E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56BDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#56BDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDE5

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDE5	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ed',
    500: '#56bde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bde5;
$custom-light: #93d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7533,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDE5

secondary

#E6C0B1

accent

#4710D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDE5

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

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