#56CBED#56CBED

#56CBED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.114 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBED
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 237)
HSL	hsl(194, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -22.79, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 34.99, 229.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0873 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.114 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4736, 50.8004, 87.7768)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBED #ED7856

analogous

#56EDC3 #56CBED #567FED

triadic

#56CBED #ED56CB #CBED56

tetradic

#56CBED #C356ED #ED7856 #7FED56

square

#56CBED #C356ED #ED7856 #7FED56

split-complementary

#56CBED #ED567F #EDC356

monochromatic

#1391B5 #1FBAE7 #56CBED #8DDCF3 #C5EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CBED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#56CBED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBED

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBED	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.114 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf3',
    500: '#56cbed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbed;
$custom-light: #95dbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.51,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78875,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBED

secondary

#B55032

accent

#3808DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBED

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

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