#56C2E8#56C2E8

#56C2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.112 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2E8
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -19.71, -28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 34.32, 234.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.08 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.112 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6892, 46.3843, 83.2951)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2E8 #E87C56

analogous

#56E8C5 #56C2E8 #5679E8

triadic

#56C2E8 #E856C2 #C2E856

tetradic

#56C2E8 #C556E8 #E87C56 #79E856

square

#56C2E8 #C556E8 #E87C56 #79E856

split-complementary

#56C2E8 #E85679 #E8C556

monochromatic

#1785AC #20AFE1 #56C2E8 #8CD5EF #C2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#56C2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#56C2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2E8

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2E8	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.112 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4ef',
    500: '#56c2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2e8;
$custom-light: #94d4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.616,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76603,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2E8

secondary

#E8C0B2

accent

#420DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2E8

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

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