#56C4DC#56C4DC

#56C4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.105 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4DC
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -24.30, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 32.36, 221.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0866 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.105 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4907, 46.6218, 74.7721)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4DC #DC6E56

analogous

#56DCB1 #56C4DC #5681DC

triadic

#56C4DC #DC56C4 #C4DC56

tetradic

#56C4DC #B156DC #DC6E56 #81DC56

square

#56C4DC #B156DC #DC6E56 #81DC56

split-complementary

#56C4DC #DC5681 #DCB156

monochromatic

#208398 #2AAECB #56C4DC #89D6E6 #BBE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#56C4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4DC

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4DC	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.105 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6e6',
    500: '#56c4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4dc;
$custom-light: #93d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.746,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76585,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4DC

secondary

#E1B6AD

accent

#5E3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4DC

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

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