#56BFDE#56BFDE

#56BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.106 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFDE
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -21.18, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 32.43, 229.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0806 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.106 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6481, 44.5103, 75.8058)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFDE #DE7556

analogous

#56DEB9 #56BFDE #567BDE

triadic

#56BFDE #DE56BF #BFDE56

tetradic

#56BFDE #B956DE #DE7556 #7BDE56

square

#56BFDE #B956DE #DE7556 #7BDE56

split-complementary

#56BFDE #DE567B #DEB956

monochromatic

#1E7F9B #28A9CE #56BFDE #89D2E8 #BCE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#56BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFDE

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFDE	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.106 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2e8',
    500: '#56bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfde;
$custom-light: #92d2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.676,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75502,
    "c": 0.1057,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFDE

secondary

#E2BAAE

accent

#4016CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFDE

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

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