#56C4E4#56C4E4

#56C4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.109 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4E4
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 14%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -21.94, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 33.47, 229.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0836 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.109 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5756, 47.0558, 80.4862)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4E4 #E47656

analogous

#56E4BD #56C4E4 #567DE4

triadic

#56C4E4 #E456C4 #C4E456

tetradic

#56C4E4 #BD56E4 #E47656 #7DE456

square

#56C4E4 #BD56E4 #E47656 #7DE456

split-complementary

#56C4E4 #E4567D #E4BD56

monochromatic

#1A86A5 #23B1DA #56C4E4 #8BD6EC #C0E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#56C4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#56C4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4E4

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4E4	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.109 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6ec',
    500: '#56c4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4e4;
$custom-light: #93d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.521,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.769,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4E4

secondary

#E5BCB0

accent

#3D11D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4E4

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

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