#56BEDF#56BEDF

#56BEDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.106 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEDF
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -20.37, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 32.62, 231.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0792 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.106 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5652, 44.1294, 76.4413)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEDF #DF7756

analogous

#56DFBC #56BEDF #5679DF

triadic

#56BEDF #DF56BE #BEDF56

tetradic

#56BEDF #BC56DF #DF7756 #79DF56

square

#56BEDF #BC56DF #DF7756 #79DF56

split-complementary

#56BEDF #DF5679 #DFBC56

monochromatic

#1E7E9D #27A8D0 #56BEDF #89D2E9 #BDE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56BEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#56BEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEDF

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEDF	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.106 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1e9',
    500: '#56bedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bedf;
$custom-light: #92d1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.453,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75311,
    "c": 0.10636,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEDF

secondary

#E2BBAE

accent

#4215D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEDF

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

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