#56BFEB#56BFEB

#56BFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BFEB
RGB	rgb(86, 191, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -17.24, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 35.36, 240.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0759 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.115 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4580, 45.2343, 85.3382)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BFEB #EB8256

analogous

#56EBCC #56BFEB #5674EB

triadic

#56BFEB #EB56BF #BFEB56

tetradic

#56BFEB #CC56EB #EB8256 #74EB56

square

#56BFEB #CC56EB #EB8256 #74EB56

split-complementary

#56BFEB #EB5674 #EBCC56

monochromatic

#1583B2 #1FAAE5 #56BFEB #8DD4F1 #C3E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#56BFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#56BFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BFEB

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BFEB	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 191, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d2f1',
    500: '#56bfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bfeb;
$custom-light: #94d2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.718,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76042,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BFEB

secondary

#E9C3B4

accent

#480ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BFEB

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

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