#56BDE7#56BDE7

#56BDE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDE7
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -17.42, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 34.54, 239.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0753 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.112 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4535, 44.1394, 82.1844)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDE7 #E78056

analogous

#56E7C8 #56BDE7 #5675E7

triadic

#56BDE7 #E756BD #BDE756

tetradic

#56BDE7 #C856E7 #E78056 #75E756

square

#56BDE7 #C856E7 #E78056 #75E756

split-complementary

#56BDE7 #E75675 #E7C856

monochromatic

#1880AA #20A8DF #56BDE7 #8CD2EF #C1E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56BDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#56BDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDE7

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDE7	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ee',
    500: '#56bde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bde7;
$custom-light: #93d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.379,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.11226,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDE7

secondary

#E7C1B2

accent

#480ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDE7

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

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