#56BDEF#56BDEF

#56BDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDEF
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -14.95, -33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 36.85, 246.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0724 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.119 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6092, 44.6017, 88.2716)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDEF #EF8856

analogous

#56EFD5 #56BDEF #5670EF

triadic

#56BDEF #EF56BD #BDEF56

tetradic

#56BDEF #D556EF #EF8856 #70EF56

square

#56BDEF #D556EF #EF8856 #70EF56

split-complementary

#56BDEF #EF5670 #EFD556

monochromatic

#1282B9 #1EA7EA #56BDEF #8ED3F4 #C6E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#56BDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDEF

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDEF	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0f4',
    500: '#56bdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdef;
$custom-light: #94d0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.608,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75761,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDEF

secondary

#EBC7B5

accent

#4D06DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDEF

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

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