#56BEE3#56BEE3

#56BEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.109 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEE3
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -19.16, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 33.46, 235.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0777 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.109 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1108, 44.3477, 79.3150)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEE3 #E37B56

analogous

#56E3C2 #56BEE3 #5678E3

triadic

#56BEE3 #E356BE #BEE356

tetradic

#56BEE3 #C256E3 #E37B56 #78E356

square

#56BEE3 #C256E3 #E37B56 #78E356

split-complementary

#56BEE3 #E35678 #E3C256

monochromatic

#1B80A4 #24A9D8 #56BEE3 #8BD2EC #BFE6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#56BEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#56BEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEE3

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEE3	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.109 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ec',
    500: '#56bee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bee3;
$custom-light: #93d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.745,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75476,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEE3

secondary

#E5BEB0

accent

#4512D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEE3

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

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