#56BEE4#56BEE4

#56BEE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEE4
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 228)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -18.86, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 33.69, 235.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0774 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.11 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2492, 44.4031, 80.0440)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEE4 #E47C56

analogous

#56E4C3 #56BEE4 #5677E4

triadic

#56BEE4 #E456BE #BEE456

tetradic

#56BEE4 #C356E4 #E47C56 #77E456

square

#56BEE4 #C356E4 #E47C56 #77E456

split-complementary

#56BEE4 #E45677 #E4C356

monochromatic

#1A80A5 #23A9DA #56BEE4 #8BD2EC #C0E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#56BEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#56BEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEE4

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEE4	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ec',
    500: '#56bee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bee4;
$custom-light: #93d1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75517,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEE4

secondary

#E5BFB0

accent

#4511D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEE4

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

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