#56C1EB#56C1EB

#56C1EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.114 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C1EB
RGB	rgb(86, 193, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 17.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -18.28, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 35.12, 238.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0779 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.114 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8972, 46.1126, 85.4845)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C1EB #EB8056

analogous

#56EBCB #56C1EB #5676EB

triadic

#56C1EB #EB56C1 #C1EB56

tetradic

#56C1EB #CB56EB #EB8056 #76EB56

square

#56C1EB #CB56EB #EB8056 #76EB56

split-complementary

#56C1EB #EB5676 #EBCB56

monochromatic

#1585B2 #1FADE5 #56C1EB #8DD5F1 #C3E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#56C1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#56C1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C1EB

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C1EB	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 193, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.114 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d3f1',
    500: '#56c1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c1eb;
$custom-light: #94d3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76499,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C1EB

secondary

#E9C3B4

accent

#450ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C1EB

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

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