#56C4DE#56C4DE

#56C4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.106 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4DE
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -23.72, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 32.59, 223.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0859 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.106 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7571, 46.7284, 76.1754)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4DE #DE7056

analogous

#56DEB4 #56C4DE #5680DE

triadic

#56C4DE #DE56C4 #C4DE56

tetradic

#56C4DE #B456DE #DE7056 #80DE56

square

#56C4DE #B456DE #DE7056 #80DE56

split-complementary

#56C4DE #DE5680 #DEB456

monochromatic

#1E839B #28AFCE #56C4DE #89D6E8 #BCE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#56C4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4DE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4DE	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.106 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6e8',
    500: '#56c4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4de;
$custom-light: #93d6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.471,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76663,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4DE

secondary

#E2B8AE

accent

#3A16CF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4DE

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

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