#56C2E9#56C2E9

#56C2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2E9
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -19.40, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 34.55, 235.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0797 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.113 225)
XYZ	xyz(37.8317, 46.4413, 84.0453)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2E9 #E97D56

analogous

#56E9C6 #56C2E9 #5679E9

triadic

#56C2E9 #E956C2 #C2E956

tetradic

#56C2E9 #C656E9 #E97D56 #79E956

square

#56C2E9 #C656E9 #E97D56 #79E956

split-complementary

#56C2E9 #E95679 #E9C656

monochromatic

#1786AE #20AEE2 #56C2E9 #8CD6F0 #C2E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#56C2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#56C2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2E9

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2E9	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4f0',
    500: '#56c2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2e9;
$custom-light: #94d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76645,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.46445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2E9

secondary

#E8C1B3

accent

#430CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2E9

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

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