#56BED4#56BED4

#56BED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BED4
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -23.62, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 31.01, 220.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0835 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.1 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1301, 43.5554, 68.8830)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BED4 #D46C56

analogous

#56D4AB #56BED4 #567FD4

triadic

#56BED4 #D456BE #BED456

tetradic

#56BED4 #AB56D4 #D46C56 #7FD456

square

#56BED4 #AB56D4 #D46C56 #7FD456

split-complementary

#56BED4 #D4567F #D4AB56

monochromatic

#247A8C #30A4BD #56BED4 #87D1E0 #B8E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#56BED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BED4

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BED4	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e1',
    500: '#56bed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bed4;
$custom-light: #91d1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.476,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74876,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BED4

secondary

#DCB3AA

accent

#6145E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BED4

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

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