#56C0EE#56C0EE

#56C0EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.117 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C0EE
RGB	rgb(86, 192, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -16.83, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 36.05, 242.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0758 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.117 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1139, 45.8468, 87.7130)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C0EE #EE8456

analogous

#56EED0 #56C0EE #5674EE

triadic

#56C0EE #EE56C0 #C0EE56

tetradic

#56C0EE #D056EE #EE8456 #74EE56

square

#56C0EE #D056EE #EE8456 #74EE56

split-complementary

#56C0EE #EE5674 #EED056

monochromatic

#1285B7 #1EABE8 #56C0EE #8ED5F4 #C5E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#56C0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#56C0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C0EE

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C0EE	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93AEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 192, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.117 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d3f3',
    500: '#56c0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c0ee;
$custom-light: #94d3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76399,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C0EE

secondary

#EBC5B5

accent

#4807DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C0EE

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

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