#56BDF9#56BDF9

#56BDF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.128 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDF9
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 249)
HSL	hsl(202, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 24.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -11.80, -38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 40.23, 252.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0691 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.128 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1276, 45.2091, 96.2683)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDF9 #F99256

analogous

#56F9E4 #56BDF9 #566BF9

triadic

#56BDF9 #F956BD #BDF956

tetradic

#56BDF9 #E456F9 #F99256 #6BF956

square

#56BDF9 #E456F9 #F99256 #6BF956

split-complementary

#56BDF9 #F9566B #F9E456

monochromatic

#0784CD #1BA6F7 #56BDF9 #91D4FB #CCEBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#56BDF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#56BDF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDF9

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDF9	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BCFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BACF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.128 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0fb',
    500: '#56bdf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdf9;
$custom-light: #95d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.086,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76211,
    "c": 0.1283,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDF9

secondary

#F1CEBA

accent

#5400E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F9FF

border

#CCD2D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDF9

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

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