#56C2EA#56C2EA

#56C2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.113 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2EA
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -19.10, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 34.78, 236.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0793 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.113 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9749, 46.4986, 84.7998)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2EA #EA7E56

analogous

#56EAC8 #56C2EA #5678EA

triadic

#56C2EA #EA56C2 #C2EA56

tetradic

#56C2EA #C856EA #EA7E56 #78EA56

square

#56C2EA #C856EA #EA7E56 #78EA56

split-complementary

#56C2EA #EA5678 #EAC856

monochromatic

#1686B0 #20AEE3 #56C2EA #8CD6F1 #C3E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#56C2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#56C2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2EA

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2EA	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.113 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4f0',
    500: '#56c2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2ea;
$custom-light: #94d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76686,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2EA

secondary

#E9C2B3

accent

#430BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2EA

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

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