#56C2EC#56C2EC

#56C2EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2EC
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -18.49, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 35.27, 238.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0786 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.115 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2639, 46.6141, 86.3215)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2EC #EC8056

analogous

#56ECCB #56C2EC #5677EC

triadic

#56C2EC #EC56C2 #C2EC56

tetradic

#56C2EC #CB56EC #EC8056 #77EC56

square

#56C2EC #CB56EC #EC8056 #77EC56

split-complementary

#56C2EC #EC5677 #ECCB56

monochromatic

#1487B3 #1FAEE6 #56C2EC #8DD6F2 #C4EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C2EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#56C2EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2EC

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2EC	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4f2',
    500: '#56c2ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2ec;
$custom-light: #94d4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7677,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2EC

secondary

#EAC3B4

accent

#4409DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2EC

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

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