#56BDE8#56BDE8

#56BDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.113 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDE8
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -17.11, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 34.80, 240.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0749 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.113 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5951, 44.1960, 82.9304)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDE8 #E88156

analogous

#56E8CA #56BDE8 #5674E8

triadic

#56BDE8 #E856BD #BDE856

tetradic

#56BDE8 #CA56E8 #E88156 #74E856

square

#56BDE8 #CA56E8 #E88156 #74E856

split-complementary

#56BDE8 #E85674 #E8CA56

monochromatic

#1780AC #20A8E1 #56BDE8 #8CD2EF #C2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#56BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#56BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDE8

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDE8	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.113 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ef',
    500: '#56bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bde8;
$custom-light: #93d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.671,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75457,
    "c": 0.11306,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDE8

secondary

#E8C2B2

accent

#490DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDE8

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

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