#56BFE9#56BFE9

#56BFE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.113 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFE9
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 18%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -17.85, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 34.83, 239.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0766 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.113 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1707, 45.1194, 83.8250)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFE9 #E98056

analogous

#56E9CA #56BFE9 #5675E9

triadic

#56BFE9 #E956BF #BFE956

tetradic

#56BFE9 #CA56E9 #E98056 #75E956

square

#56BFE9 #CA56E9 #E98056 #75E956

split-complementary

#56BFE9 #E95675 #E9CA56

monochromatic

#1783AE #20AAE2 #56BFE9 #8CD4F0 #C2E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#56BFE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#56BFE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFE9

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFE9	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BCEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.113 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d2f0',
    500: '#56bfe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfe9;
$custom-light: #94d2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75957,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFE9

secondary

#E8C2B3

accent

#470CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFE9

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

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