#56BED9#56BED9

#56BED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.103 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BED9
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 217)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -22.15, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 31.61, 225.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0815 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.103 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7706, 43.8116, 72.2562)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BED9 #D97156

analogous

#56D9B2 #56BED9 #567DD9

triadic

#56BED9 #D956BE #BED956

tetradic

#56BED9 #B256D9 #D97156 #7DD956

square

#56BED9 #B256D9 #D97156 #7DD956

split-complementary

#56BED9 #D9567D #D9B256

monochromatic

#217C93 #2CA6C5 #56BED9 #88D1E4 #BAE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#56BED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#56BED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BED9

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BED9	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.103 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1e4',
    500: '#56bed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bed9;
$custom-light: #92d1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.366,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75071,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BED9

secondary

#DFB6AC

accent

#6341E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BED9

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

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