#56C3E4#56C3E4

#56C3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.109 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3E4
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -21.43, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 33.47, 230.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0825 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.109 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3508, 46.6062, 80.4112)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3E4 #E47756

analogous

#56E4BE #56C3E4 #567CE4

triadic

#56C3E4 #E456C3 #C3E456

tetradic

#56C3E4 #BE56E4 #E47756 #7CE456

square

#56C3E4 #BE56E4 #E47756 #7CE456

split-complementary

#56C3E4 #E4567C #E4BE56

monochromatic

#1A85A5 #23AFDA #56C3E4 #8BD6EC #C0E8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#56C3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3E4

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3E4	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.109 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5ec',
    500: '#56c3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3e4;
$custom-light: #93d5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.944,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76669,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3E4

secondary

#E5BDB0

accent

#3E11D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3E4

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

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