#56BED5#56BED5

#56BED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.101 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BED5
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -23.33, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 31.11, 221.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0831 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.101 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2566, 43.6060, 69.5494)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BED5 #D56D56

analogous

#56D5AC #56BED5 #567ED5

triadic

#56BED5 #D556BE #BED556

tetradic

#56BED5 #AC56D5 #D56D56 #7ED556

square

#56BED5 #AC56D5 #D56D56 #7ED556

split-complementary

#56BED5 #D5567E #D5AC56

monochromatic

#237A8D #2FA5BE #56BED5 #87D1E1 #B8E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#56BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#56BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BED5

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BED5	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.101 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e2',
    500: '#56bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bed5;
$custom-light: #91d1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.866,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74914,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BED5

secondary

#DDB3AA

accent

#6144E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BED5

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

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