#56C2E5#56C2E5

#56C2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2E5
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -20.62, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 33.69, 232.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0811 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.11 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2667, 46.2153, 81.0700)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2E5 #E57956

analogous

#56E5C0 #56C2E5 #567BE5

triadic

#56C2E5 #E556C2 #C2E556

tetradic

#56C2E5 #C056E5 #E57956 #7BE556

square

#56C2E5 #C056E5 #E57956 #7BE556

split-complementary

#56C2E5 #E5567B #E5C056

monochromatic

#1A84A7 #22AEDC #56C2E5 #8BD5ED #C0E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#56C2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#56C2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2E5

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2E5	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4ed',
    500: '#56c2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2e5;
$custom-light: #93d4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.685,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76479,
    "c": 0.10997,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2E5

secondary

#E6BEB1

accent

#4010D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2E5

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

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