#56C4E0#56C4E0

#56C4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.107 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4E0
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 224)
HSL	hsl(192, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -23.13, -23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 32.85, 225.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.0851 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.107 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0268, 46.8363, 77.5955)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4E0 #E07256

analogous

#56E0B7 #56C4E0 #567FE0

triadic

#56C4E0 #E056C4 #C4E056

tetradic

#56C4E0 #B756E0 #E07256 #7FE056

square

#56C4E0 #B756E0 #E07256 #7FE056

split-complementary

#56C4E0 #E0567F #E0B756

monochromatic

#1D849F #27AFD2 #56C4E0 #8AD6E9 #BDE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#56C4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#56C4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4E0

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4E0	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB0E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.107 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6e9',
    500: '#56c4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4e0;
$custom-light: #93d6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.174,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76741,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4E0

secondary

#E3B9AF

accent

#3B15D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4E0

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

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