#56C3ED#56C3ED

#56C3ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C3ED
RGB	rgb(86, 195, 237)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 17.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -18.70, -30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 35.41, 238.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0792 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.115 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6328, 47.1190, 87.1632)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C3ED #ED8056

analogous

#56EDCC #56C3ED #5677ED

triadic

#56C3ED #ED56C3 #C3ED56

tetradic

#56C3ED #CC56ED #ED8056 #77ED56

square

#56C3ED #CC56ED #ED8056 #77ED56

split-complementary

#56C3ED #ED5677 #EDCC56

monochromatic

#1388B5 #1FAFE7 #56C3ED #8DD7F3 #C5EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#56C3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#56C3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C3ED

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C3ED	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 195, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5f3',
    500: '#56c3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c3ed;
$custom-light: #94d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.689,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77041,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C3ED

secondary

#EAC3B4

accent

#4408DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C3ED

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

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