#56BDED#56BDED

#56BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDED
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -15.57, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 36.23, 244.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0732 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.117 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3154, 44.4842, 86.7241)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDED #ED8656

analogous

#56EDD2 #56BDED #5671ED

triadic

#56BDED #ED56BD #BDED56

tetradic

#56BDED #D256ED #ED8656 #71ED56

square

#56BDED #D256ED #ED8656 #71ED56

split-complementary

#56BDED #ED5671 #EDD256

monochromatic

#1382B5 #1FA7E7 #56BDED #8DD3F3 #C5E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#56BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDED

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDED	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0f3',
    500: '#56bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bded;
$custom-light: #94d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.073,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75673,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDED

secondary

#EAC6B4

accent

#4C08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDED

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

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