#56BCEC#56BCEC

#56BCEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCEC
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 236)
HSL	hsl(199, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -15.35, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 36.10, 244.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0725 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.117 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9554, 43.9972, 85.8853)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCEC #EC8656

analogous

#56ECD1 #56BCEC #5671EC

triadic

#56BCEC #EC56BC #BCEC56

tetradic

#56BCEC #D156EC #EC8656 #71EC56

square

#56BCEC #D156EC #EC8656 #71EC56

split-complementary

#56BCEC #EC5671 #ECD156

monochromatic

#1480B3 #1FA6E6 #56BCEC #8DD2F2 #C4E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#56BCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#56BCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCEC

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCEC	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4BAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0f2',
    500: '#56bcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcec;
$custom-light: #94d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75402,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCEC

secondary

#EAC5B4

accent

#4D09DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCEC

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

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