#56BFE6#56BFE6

#56BFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFE6
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 17%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -18.77, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 34.08, 236.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0777 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.111 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7458, 44.9494, 81.5871)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFE6 #E67D56

analogous

#56E6C5 #56BFE6 #5677E6

triadic

#56BFE6 #E656BF #BFE656

tetradic

#56BFE6 #C556E6 #E67D56 #77E656

square

#56BFE6 #C556E6 #E67D56 #77E656

split-complementary

#56BFE6 #E65677 #E6C556

monochromatic

#1982A9 #21ABDE #56BFE6 #8BD3EE #C1E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#56BFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#56BFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFE6

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFE6	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABBE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d2ee',
    500: '#56bfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfe6;
$custom-light: #93d2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75831,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFE6

secondary

#E6C0B1

accent

#450FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFE6

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

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