#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
RGBrgb(86, 194, 237)
HSLhsl(197, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(197, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 18.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(73.98, -18.18, -30.51)
CIE-LCHlch(73.98, 35.52, 239.21°)
OKLaboklab(76.81% -0.0782 -0.0853)
OKLCHoklch(76.81% 0.116 227.5)
XYZxyz(38.4095, 46.6724, 87.0888)
Luminance0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##56C2ED1.002.0310.3410.34
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3421.001.001.00
##00000010.3421.001.001.00

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

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#56C2ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva