#56C4E5#56C4E5

#56C4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.110 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4E5
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -21.64, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 33.64, 229.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0832 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.11 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7148, 47.1115, 81.2194)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4E5 #E57756

analogous

#56E5BE #56C4E5 #567DE5

triadic

#56C4E5 #E556C4 #C4E556

tetradic

#56C4E5 #BE56E5 #E57756 #7DE556

square

#56C4E5 #BE56E5 #E57756 #7DE556

split-complementary

#56C4E5 #E5567D #E5BE56

monochromatic

#1A86A7 #22B1DC #56C4E5 #8BD7ED #C0E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#56C4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#56C4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4E5

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4E5	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.110 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6ed',
    500: '#56c4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4e5;
$custom-light: #93d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76941,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4E5

secondary

#E6BDB1

accent

#3E10D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4E5

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

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