#56C3EA#56C3EA

#56C3EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.113 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3EA
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -19.62, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 34.70, 235.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0803 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.113 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1982, 46.9452, 84.8742)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3EA #EA7D56

analogous

#56EAC7 #56C3EA #5679EA

triadic

#56C3EA #EA56C3 #C3EA56

tetradic

#56C3EA #C756EA #EA7D56 #79EA56

square

#56C3EA #C756EA #EA7D56 #79EA56

split-complementary

#56C3EA #EA5679 #EAC756

monochromatic

#1687B0 #20B0E3 #56C3EA #8CD6F1 #C3EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#56C3EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#56C3EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3EA

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3EA	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.113 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f0',
    500: '#56c3ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3ea;
$custom-light: #94d5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.811,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76915,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3EA

secondary

#E9C1B3

accent

#420BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3EA

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

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