#56C0EC#56C0EC

#56C0EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.115 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C0EC
RGB	rgb(86, 192, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -17.45, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 35.50, 240.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0765 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.115 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8217, 45.7299, 86.1741)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C0EC #EC8256

analogous

#56ECCD #56C0EC #5675EC

triadic

#56C0EC #EC56C0 #C0EC56

tetradic

#56C0EC #CD56EC #EC8256 #75EC56

square

#56C0EC #CD56EC #EC8256 #75EC56

split-complementary

#56C0EC #EC5675 #ECCD56

monochromatic

#1485B3 #1FABE6 #56C0EC #8DD5F2 #C4E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#56C0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#56C0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C0EC

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C0EC	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 192, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.115 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d3f2',
    500: '#56c0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c0ec;
$custom-light: #94d3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76313,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C0EC

secondary

#EAC4B4

accent

#4709DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C0EC

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

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