#56C2EF#56C2EF

#56C2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.117 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C2EF
RGB	rgb(86, 194, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -17.57, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 36.05, 240.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0775 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.117 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7034, 46.7899, 88.6363)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C2EF #EF8356

analogous

#56EFCF #56C2EF #5675EF

triadic

#56C2EF #EF56C2 #C2EF56

tetradic

#56C2EF #CF56EF #EF8356 #75EF56

square

#56C2EF #CF56EF #EF8356 #75EF56

split-complementary

#56C2EF #EF5675 #EFCF56

monochromatic

#1288B9 #1EAEEA #56C2EF #8ED6F4 #C6EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#56C2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C2EF

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C2EF	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 194, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.117 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4f4',
    500: '#56c2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c2ef;
$custom-light: #94d4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76898,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C2EF

secondary

#EBC5B5

accent

#4606DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C2EF

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

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