#56BFD5#56BFD5

#56BFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.101 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFD5
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -23.83, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 31.20, 220.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0841 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.101 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4739, 44.0407, 69.6218)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFD5 #D56C56

analogous

#56D5AB #56BFD5 #567FD5

triadic

#56BFD5 #D556BF #BFD556

tetradic

#56BFD5 #AB56D5 #D56C56 #7FD556

square

#56BFD5 #AB56D5 #D56C56 #7FD556

split-complementary

#56BFD5 #D5567F #D5AB56

monochromatic

#237B8D #2FA6BE #56BFD5 #87D2E1 #B8E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56BFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#56BFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFD5

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFD5	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.101 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2e2',
    500: '#56bfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfd5;
$custom-light: #92d2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.394,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75148,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFD5

secondary

#DDB3AA

accent

#6044E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFD5

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

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