#56BEE8#56BEE8

#56BEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.113 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEE8
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -17.64, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 34.68, 239.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0759 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.113 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8109, 44.6277, 83.0023)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEE8 #E88056

analogous

#56E8C9 #56BEE8 #5675E8

triadic

#56BEE8 #E856BE #BEE856

tetradic

#56BEE8 #C956E8 #E88056 #75E856

square

#56BEE8 #C956E8 #E88056 #75E856

split-complementary

#56BEE8 #E85675 #E8C956

monochromatic

#1781AC #20A9E1 #56BEE8 #8CD3EF #C2E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#56BEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEE8

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEE8	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.113 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1ef',
    500: '#56bee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bee8;
$custom-light: #93d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75686,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEE8

secondary

#E8C2B2

accent

#480DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEE8

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

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