#56BFDD#56BFDD

#56BFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.105 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFDD
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -21.48, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 32.26, 228.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.081 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.105 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5145, 44.4569, 75.1020)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFDD #DD7456

analogous

#56DDB7 #56BFDD #567CDD

triadic

#56BFDD #DD56BF #BFDD56

tetradic

#56BFDD #B756DD #DD7456 #7CDD56

square

#56BFDD #B756DD #DD7456 #7CDD56

split-complementary

#56BFDD #DD567C #DDB756

monochromatic

#1F7E9A #29A8CD #56BFDD #89D2E7 #BCE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#56BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFDD

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFDD	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.105 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2e7',
    500: '#56bfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfdd;
$custom-light: #92d2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFDD

secondary

#E1B9AE

accent

#4017CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFDD

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

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