#56C3E5#56C3E5

#56C3E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.110 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56C3E5
RGBrgb(86, 195, 229)
HSLhsl(194, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(194, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.97, -21.13, -26.20)
CIE-LCHlch(73.97, 33.66, 231.12°)
OKLaboklab(76.71% -0.0822 -0.073)
OKLCHoklch(76.71% 0.11 221.6)
XYZxyz(37.4900, 46.6619, 81.1444)
Luminance0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56C3E5 #E57856
analogous
#56E5C0 #56C3E5 #567CE5
triadic
#56C3E5 #E556C3 #C3E556
tetradic
#56C3E5 #C056E5 #E57856 #7CE556
square
#56C3E5 #C056E5 #E57856 #7CE556
split-complementary
#56C3E5 #E5567C #E5C056
monochromatic
#1A85A7 #22B0DC #56C3E5 #8BD6ED #C0E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#56C3E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33
#56C3E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3E5
10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56C3E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56C3E51.002.0310.3310.33
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3321.001.001.00
##00000010.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFBEE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9AAFE5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CECE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56c3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.110 221.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5ed',
    500: '#56c3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56c3e5;
$custom-light: #93d5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56c3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.266,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7671,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56C3E5
secondary
#E6BEB1
accent
#3F10D5
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#56C3E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva