#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
RGBrgb(86, 188, 236)
HSLhsl(199, 80%, 63%)
HSVhsv(199, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(72.23, -15.35, -32.68)
CIE-LCHlch(72.23, 36.10, 244.84°)
OKLaboklab(75.4% -0.0725 -0.0915)
OKLCHoklch(75.4% 0.117 231.6)
XYZxyz(36.9554, 43.9972, 85.8853)
Luminance0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##56BCEC1.002.149.809.80
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8021.001.001.00
##0000009.8021.001.001.00

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

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#56BCEC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva