#56BFDF#56BFDF

#56BFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.106 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFDF
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -20.88, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 32.61, 230.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0803 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.106 221)
XYZ	xyz(35.7825, 44.5641, 76.5137)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFDF #DF7656

analogous

#56DFBB #56BFDF #567ADF

triadic

#56BFDF #DF56BF #BFDF56

tetradic

#56BFDF #BB56DF #DF7656 #7ADF56

square

#56BFDF #BB56DF #DF7656 #7ADF56

split-complementary

#56BFDF #DF567A #DFBB56

monochromatic

#1E7F9D #27A9D0 #56BFDF #89D2E9 #BDE6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#56BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFDF

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFDF	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.106 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d2e9',
    500: '#56bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfdf;
$custom-light: #92d2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.015,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75543,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.44568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFDF

secondary

#E2BBAE

accent

#4115D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFDF

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

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