#56C3E7#56C3E7

#56C3E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.111 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3E7
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 231)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -20.52, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 34.05, 232.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0814 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.111 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7709, 46.7742, 82.6236)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3E7 #E77A56

analogous

#56E7C3 #56C3E7 #567AE7

triadic

#56C3E7 #E756C3 #C3E756

tetradic

#56C3E7 #C356E7 #E77A56 #7AE756

square

#56C3E7 #C356E7 #E77A56 #7AE756

split-complementary

#56C3E7 #E7567A #E7C356

monochromatic

#1886AA #20B0DF #56C3E7 #8CD6EF #C1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#56C3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3E7

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3E7	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.111 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5ee',
    500: '#56c3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3e7;
$custom-light: #94d5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.897,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76792,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3E7

secondary

#E7BFB2

accent

#400ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3E7

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

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