#56BEE5#56BEE5

#56BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEE5
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -18.55, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 33.93, 236.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.077 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.111 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3885, 44.4587, 80.7772)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEE5 #E57D56

analogous

#56E5C5 #56BEE5 #5677E5

triadic

#56BEE5 #E556BE #BEE556

tetradic

#56BEE5 #C556E5 #E57D56 #77E556

square

#56BEE5 #C556E5 #E57D56 #77E556

split-complementary

#56BEE5 #E55677 #E5C556

monochromatic

#1A80A7 #22A9DC #56BEE5 #8BD2ED #C0E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#56BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEE5

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEE5	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ed',
    500: '#56bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bee5;
$custom-light: #93d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEE5

secondary

#E6BFB1

accent

#4610D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEE5

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

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