#56C2E6#56C2E6

#56C2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.111 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2E6
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 230)
HSL	hsl(195, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -20.31, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 33.89, 233.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0808 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.111 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4068, 46.2713, 81.8075)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2E6 #E67A56

analogous

#56E6C2 #56C2E6 #567AE6

triadic

#56C2E6 #E656C2 #C2E656

tetradic

#56C2E6 #C256E6 #E67A56 #7AE656

square

#56C2E6 #C256E6 #E67A56 #7AE656

split-complementary

#56C2E6 #E6567A #E6C256

monochromatic

#1985A9 #21AFDE #56C2E6 #8BD5EE #C1E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#56C2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#56C2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2E6

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2E6	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.111 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4ee',
    500: '#56c2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2e6;
$custom-light: #93d4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7652,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2E6

secondary

#E6BFB1

accent

#410FD6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2E6

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

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