#56C3EC#56C3EC

#56C3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3EC
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -19.01, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 35.17, 237.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0796 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.115 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4872, 47.0607, 86.3959)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3EC #EC7F56

analogous

#56ECCA #56C3EC #5678EC

triadic

#56C3EC #EC56C3 #C3EC56

tetradic

#56C3EC #CA56EC #EC7F56 #78EC56

square

#56C3EC #CA56EC #EC7F56 #78EC56

split-complementary

#56C3EC #EC5678 #ECCA56

monochromatic

#1488B3 #1FAFE6 #56C3EC #8DD7F2 #C4EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#56C3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#56C3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3EC

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3EC	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f2',
    500: '#56c3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3ec;
$custom-light: #94d5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76999,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3EC

secondary

#EAC3B4

accent

#4309DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3EC

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

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