#56CDEB#56CDEB

#56CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.113 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDEB
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -24.39, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 34.72, 225.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0901 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.113 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6583, 51.6349, 86.4049)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDEB #EB7456

analogous

#56EBBF #56CDEB #5682EB

triadic

#56CDEB #EB56CD #CDEB56

tetradic

#56CDEB #BF56EB #EB7456 #82EB56

square

#56CDEB #BF56EB #EB7456 #82EB56

split-complementary

#56CDEB #EB5682 #EBBF56

monochromatic

#1592B2 #1FBDE5 #56CDEB #8DDDF1 #C3EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#56CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#56CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDEB

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDEB	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.113 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf1',
    500: '#56cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdeb;
$custom-light: #95dcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.081,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79256,
    "c": 0.11334,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDEB

secondary

#B24D33

accent

#340ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDEB

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

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