#56BEE6#56BEE6

#56BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEE6
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(197, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -18.25, -28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 34.17, 237.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0766 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.111 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5285, 44.5148, 81.5147)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEE6 #E67E56

analogous

#56E6C6 #56BEE6 #5676E6

triadic

#56BEE6 #E656BE #BEE656

tetradic

#56BEE6 #C656E6 #E67E56 #76E656

square

#56BEE6 #C656E6 #E67E56 #76E656

split-complementary

#56BEE6 #E65676 #E6C656

monochromatic

#1981A9 #21A9DE #56BEE6 #8BD3EE #C1E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#56BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEE6

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEE6	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ee',
    500: '#56bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bee6;
$custom-light: #93d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75601,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEE6

secondary

#E6C0B1

accent

#460FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEE6

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

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