#56C4DD#56C4DD

#56C4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.105 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56C4DD
RGBrgb(86, 196, 221)
HSLhsl(191, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(191, 61%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.98, -24.01, -21.86)
CIE-LCHlch(73.98, 32.47, 222.31°)
OKLaboklab(76.62% -0.0862 -0.0607)
OKLCHoklch(76.62% 0.105 215.1)
XYZxyz(36.6235, 46.6750, 75.4717)
Luminance0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56C4DD #DD6F56
analogous
#56DDB2 #56C4DD #5681DD
triadic
#56C4DD #DD56C4 #C4DD56
tetradic
#56C4DD #B256DD #DD6F56 #81DD56
square
#56C4DD #B256DD #DD6F56 #81DD56
split-complementary
#56C4DD #DD5681 #DDB256
monochromatic
#1F839A #29AECD #56C4DD #89D6E7 #BCE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#56C4DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34
#56C4DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4DD
10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56C4DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56C4DD1.002.0310.3410.34
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3421.001.001.00
##00000010.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2BEDE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FB0DD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDCC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56c4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.105 215.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6e7',
    500: '#56c4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56c4dd;
$custom-light: #93d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56c4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76624,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56C4DD
secondary
#E1B7AE
accent
#3917CE
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

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#56C4DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva