#56BDE6#56BDE6

#56BDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDE6
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -17.73, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 34.28, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0756 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.111 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3126, 44.0831, 81.4427)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDE6 #E67F56

analogous

#56E6C7 #56BDE6 #5675E6

triadic

#56BDE6 #E656BD #BDE656

tetradic

#56BDE6 #C756E6 #E67F56 #75E656

square

#56BDE6 #C756E6 #E67F56 #75E656

split-complementary

#56BDE6 #E65675 #E6C756

monochromatic

#1980A9 #21A8DE #56BDE6 #8BD2EE #C1E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56BDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#56BDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDE6

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDE6	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ee',
    500: '#56bde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bde6;
$custom-light: #93d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.083,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75372,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDE6

secondary

#E6C0B1

accent

#480FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDE6

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

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