#56BDEA#56BDEA

#56BDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDEA
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 234)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -16.50, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 35.36, 242.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0742 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.115 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8808, 44.3103, 84.4350)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDEA #EA8356

analogous

#56EACD #56BDEA #5673EA

triadic

#56BDEA #EA56BD #BDEA56

tetradic

#56BDEA #CD56EA #EA8356 #73EA56

square

#56BDEA #CD56EA #EA8356 #73EA56

split-complementary

#56BDEA #EA5673 #EACD56

monochromatic

#1681B0 #20A8E3 #56BDEA #8CD2F1 #C3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#56BDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#56BDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDEA

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDEA	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1f1',
    500: '#56bdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdea;
$custom-light: #94d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.243,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDEA

secondary

#E9C3B3

accent

#4A0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDEA

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

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