#56C4E6#56C4E6

#56C4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.110 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4E6
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(194, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -21.34, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 33.83, 230.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0828 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.11 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8549, 47.1675, 81.9568)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4E6 #E67856

analogous

#56E6C0 #56C4E6 #567CE6

triadic

#56C4E6 #E656C4 #C4E656

tetradic

#56C4E6 #C056E6 #E67856 #7CE656

square

#56C4E6 #C056E6 #E67856 #7CE656

split-complementary

#56C4E6 #E6567C #E6C056

monochromatic

#1987A9 #21B1DE #56C4E6 #8BD7EE #C1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#56C4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#56C4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4E6

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4E6	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.110 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6ee',
    500: '#56c4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4e6;
$custom-light: #94d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76981,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4E6

secondary

#E6BEB1

accent

#3E0FD6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4E6

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

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