#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
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -21.13, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 33.66, 231.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0822 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.11 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4900, 46.6619, 81.1444)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##56C3E5	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56C3E5

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

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