#56BFE5#56BFE5

#56BFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.110 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFE5
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 229)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -19.07, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 33.85, 235.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.078 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.11 225)
XYZ	xyz(36.6058, 44.8934, 80.8497)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFE5 #E57C56

analogous

#56E5C4 #56BFE5 #5678E5

triadic

#56BFE5 #E556BF #BFE556

tetradic

#56BFE5 #C456E5 #E57C56 #78E556

square

#56BFE5 #C456E5 #E57C56 #78E556

split-complementary

#56BFE5 #E55678 #E5C456

monochromatic

#1A81A7 #22ABDC #56BFE5 #8BD3ED #C0E7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#56BFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#56BFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFE5

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFE5	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.110 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2ed',
    500: '#56bfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfe5;
$custom-light: #93d2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75789,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.44897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFE5

secondary

#E6BFB1

accent

#4510D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFE5

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

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