#56C3EB#56C3EB

#56C3EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3EB
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 17%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -19.31, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 34.93, 236.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.08 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.114 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3423, 47.0028, 85.6329)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3EB #EB7E56

analogous

#56EBC8 #56C3EB #5679EB

triadic

#56C3EB #EB56C3 #C3EB56

tetradic

#56C3EB #C856EB #EB7E56 #79EB56

square

#56C3EB #C856EB #EB7E56 #79EB56

split-complementary

#56C3EB #EB5679 #EBC856

monochromatic

#1588B2 #1FB0E5 #56C3EB #8DD6F1 #C3EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#56C3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#56C3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3EB

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3EB	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f1',
    500: '#56c3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3eb;
$custom-light: #94d5f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.107,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76957,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3EB

secondary

#E9C2B4

accent

#420ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3EB

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

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