#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
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -24.01, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 32.47, 222.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0862 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.105 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6235, 46.6750, 75.4717)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##56C4DD	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4DD

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

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