#56BEDD#56BEDD

#56BEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.105 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEDD
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 14%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -20.97, -24.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 32.25, 229.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.08 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.105 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2971, 44.0222, 75.0296)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEDD #DD7556

analogous

#56DDB9 #56BEDD #567ADD

triadic

#56BEDD #DD56BE #BEDD56

tetradic

#56BEDD #B956DD #DD7556 #7ADD56

square

#56BEDD #B956DD #DD7556 #7ADD56

split-complementary

#56BEDD #DD567A #DDB956

monochromatic

#1F7D9A #29A7CD #56BEDD #89D2E7 #BCE5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56BEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#56BEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEDD

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEDD	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.105 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1e7',
    500: '#56bedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bedd;
$custom-light: #92d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7523,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEDD

secondary

#E1B9AE

accent

#4117CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEDD

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

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