#56BFD8#56BFD8

#56BFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.102 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFD8
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 216)
HSL	hsl(192, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(192, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -22.96, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 31.53, 223.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.083 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.102 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8582, 44.1944, 71.6458)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFD8 #D86F56

analogous

#56D8B0 #56BFD8 #567ED8

triadic

#56BFD8 #D856BF #BFD856

tetradic

#56BFD8 #B056D8 #D86F56 #7ED856

square

#56BFD8 #B056D8 #D86F56 #7ED856

split-complementary

#56BFD8 #D8567E #D8B056

monochromatic

#227C92 #2DA7C4 #56BFD8 #88D2E3 #B9E5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#56BFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#56BFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFD8

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFD8	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.102 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2e4',
    500: '#56bfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfd8;
$custom-light: #92d2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFD8

secondary

#DEB5AB

accent

#6242E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFD8

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

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