#56CBEF#56CBEF

#56CBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.116 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBEF
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(194, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -22.19, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 35.35, 231.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0866 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.116 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7674, 50.9180, 89.3243)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBEF #EF7A56

analogous

#56EFC7 #56CBEF #567EEF

triadic

#56CBEF #EF56CB #CBEF56

tetradic

#56CBEF #C756EF #EF7A56 #7EEF56

square

#56CBEF #C756EF #EF7A56 #7EEF56

split-complementary

#56CBEF #EF567E #EFC756

monochromatic

#1292B9 #1EBAEA #56CBEF #8EDCF4 #C6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#56CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBEF

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBEF	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.116 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf4',
    500: '#56cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbef;
$custom-light: #95dbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78956,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBEF

secondary

#B85131

accent

#3906DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBEF

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

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