#56C2DD#56C2DD

#56C2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.105 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2DD
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -23.00, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 32.35, 224.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0842 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.105 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1754, 45.7788, 75.3223)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2DD #DD7156

analogous

#56DDB4 #56C2DD #567EDD

triadic

#56C2DD #DD56C2 #C2DD56

tetradic

#56C2DD #B456DD #DD7156 #7EDD56

square

#56C2DD #B456DD #DD7156 #7EDD56

split-complementary

#56C2DD #DD567E #DDB456

monochromatic

#1F819A #29ACCD #56C2DD #89D4E7 #BCE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#56C2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#56C2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2DD

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2DD	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)

#B0BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.105 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d4e7',
    500: '#56c2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2dd;
$custom-light: #92d4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76159,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2DD

secondary

#E1B8AE

accent

#3C17CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2DD

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

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