#56CBEB#56CBEB

#56CBEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.113 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBEB
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 235)
HSL	hsl(193, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -23.39, -25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 34.67, 227.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0881 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.113 219)
XYZ	xyz(40.1830, 50.6842, 86.2465)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBEB #EB7656

analogous

#56EBC0 #56CBEB #5680EB

triadic

#56CBEB #EB56CB #CBEB56

tetradic

#56CBEB #C056EB #EB7656 #80EB56

square

#56CBEB #C056EB #EB7656 #80EB56

split-complementary

#56CBEB #EB5680 #EBC056

monochromatic

#1590B2 #1FBAE5 #56CBEB #8DDCF1 #C3EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#56CBEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#56CBEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBEB

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBEB	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.113 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf1',
    500: '#56cbeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbeb;
$custom-light: #95dbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.886,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78795,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.50688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBEB

secondary

#B24F33

accent

#370ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBEB

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

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