#56BFDB#56BFDB

#56BFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.104 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFDB
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -22.07, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 31.94, 226.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0818 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.104 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2496, 44.3509, 73.7070)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFDB #DB7256

analogous

#56DBB5 #56BFDB #567CDB

triadic

#56BFDB #DB56BF #BFDB56

tetradic

#56BFDB #B556DB #DB7256 #7CDB56

square

#56BFDB #B556DB #DB7256 #7CDB56

split-complementary

#56BFDB #DB567C #DBB556

monochromatic

#207E97 #2BA8C9 #56BFDB #88D2E6 #BBE5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#56BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#56BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFDB

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFDB	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.104 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2e6',
    500: '#56bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfdb;
$custom-light: #92d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75383,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFDB

secondary

#E0B8AD

accent

#6340E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFDB

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

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