#56BDEC#56BDEC

#56BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDEC
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -15.88, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 35.93, 243.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0735 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.116 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1697, 44.4259, 85.9568)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDEC #EC8556

analogous

#56ECD0 #56BDEC #5672EC

triadic

#56BDEC #EC56BD #BDEC56

tetradic

#56BDEC #D056EC #EC8556 #72EC56

square

#56BDEC #D056EC #EC8556 #72EC56

split-complementary

#56BDEC #EC5672 #ECD056

monochromatic

#1482B3 #1FA8E6 #56BDEC #8DD2F2 #C4E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#56BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDEC

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDEC	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0f2',
    500: '#56bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdec;
$custom-light: #94d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75629,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDEC

secondary

#EAC5B4

accent

#4B09DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDEC

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

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