#56BEE9#56BEE9

#56BEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.114 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BEE9
RGB	rgb(86, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -17.33, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 34.95, 240.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0756 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.114 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9534, 44.6847, 83.7525)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BEE9 #E98156

analogous

#56E9CA #56BEE9 #5675E9

triadic

#56BEE9 #E956BE #BEE956

tetradic

#56BEE9 #CA56E9 #E98156 #75E956

square

#56BEE9 #CA56E9 #E98156 #75E956

split-complementary

#56BEE9 #E95675 #E9CA56

monochromatic

#1782AE #20A9E2 #56BEE9 #8CD3F0 #C2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#56BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#56BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BEE9

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BEE9	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.114 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d1f0',
    500: '#56bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bee9;
$custom-light: #94d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.551,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BEE9

secondary

#E8C2B3

accent

#480CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BEE9

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

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