#56C3DE#56C3DE

#56C3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.106 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3DE
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 222)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -23.21, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 32.53, 224.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0848 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.106 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5323, 46.2788, 76.1005)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3DE #DE7156

analogous

#56DEB5 #56C3DE #567FDE

triadic

#56C3DE #DE56C3 #C3DE56

tetradic

#56C3DE #B556DE #DE7156 #7FDE56

square

#56C3DE #B556DE #DE7156 #7FDE56

split-complementary

#56C3DE #DE567F #DEB556

monochromatic

#1E829B #28ADCE #56C3DE #89D5E8 #BCE7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#56C3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#56C3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3DE

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3DE	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.106 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5e8',
    500: '#56c3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3de;
$custom-light: #93d5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.912,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7643,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3DE

secondary

#E2B8AE

accent

#3B16CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3DE

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

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