#56C0ED#56C0ED

#56C0ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C0ED
RGB	rgb(86, 192, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 19%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -17.14, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 35.77, 241.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0762 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.116 229)
XYZ	xyz(37.9674, 45.7882, 86.9414)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56C0ED #ED8356

analogous

#56EDCF #56C0ED #5674ED

triadic

#56C0ED #ED56C0 #C0ED56

tetradic

#56C0ED #CF56ED #ED8356 #74ED56

square

#56C0ED #CF56ED #ED8356 #74ED56

split-complementary

#56C0ED #ED5674 #EDCF56

monochromatic

#1385B5 #1FABE7 #56C0ED #8DD5F3 #C5E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#56C0ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#56C0ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C0ED

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C0ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C0ED	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c0ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 192, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d3f3',
    500: '#56c0ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c0ed;
$custom-light: #94d3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c0ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.881,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76356,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.45792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C0ED

secondary

#EAC5B4

accent

#4808DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C0ED

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

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