#56C2ED#56C2ED

#56C2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2ED
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -18.18, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 35.52, 239.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0782 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.116 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4095, 46.6724, 87.0888)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2ED #ED8156

analogous

#56EDCC #56C2ED #5676ED

triadic

#56C2ED #ED56C2 #C2ED56

tetradic

#56C2ED #CC56ED #ED8156 #76ED56

square

#56C2ED #CC56ED #ED8156 #76ED56

split-complementary

#56C2ED #ED5676 #EDCC56

monochromatic

#1387B5 #1FAEE7 #56C2ED #8DD6F3 #C5EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#56C2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2ED

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2ED	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4f3',
    500: '#56c2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2ed;
$custom-light: #94d4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.086,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76813,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2ED

secondary

#EAC4B4

accent

#4508DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2ED

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