#56C3DC#56C3DC

#56C3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.105 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3DC
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -23.80, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 32.28, 222.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0856 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.105 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2659, 46.1722, 74.6972)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3DC #DC6F56

analogous

#56DCB2 #56C3DC #5680DC

triadic

#56C3DC #DC56C3 #C3DC56

tetradic

#56C3DC #B256DC #DC6F56 #80DC56

square

#56C3DC #B256DC #DC6F56 #80DC56

split-complementary

#56C3DC #DC5680 #DCB256

monochromatic

#208298 #2AADCB #56C3DC #89D5E6 #BBE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#56C3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#56C3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3DC

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3DC	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.105 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d5e7',
    500: '#56c3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3dc;
$custom-light: #92d5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.194,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76352,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3DC

secondary

#E1B7AD

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3DC

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

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