#56C4E7#56C4E7

#56C4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56C4E7
RGBrgb(86, 196, 231)
HSLhsl(194, 75%, 62%)
HSVhsv(194, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(74.33, -21.04, -26.73)
CIE-LCHlch(74.33, 34.02, 231.80°)
OKLaboklab(77.02% -0.0824 -0.0745)
OKLCHoklch(77.02% 0.111 222.1)
XYZxyz(37.9957, 47.2239, 82.6985)
Luminance0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56C4E7 #E77956
analogous
#56E7C2 #56C4E7 #567BE7
triadic
#56C4E7 #E756C4 #C4E756
tetradic
#56C4E7 #C256E7 #E77956 #7BE756
square
#56C4E7 #C256E7 #E77956 #7BE756
split-complementary
#56C4E7 #E7567B #E7C256
monochromatic
#1887AA #20B1DF #56C4E7 #8CD7EF #C1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#56C4E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45
#56C4E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4E7
10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56C4E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56C4E71.002.0110.4510.45
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4521.001.001.00
##00000010.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0BFE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BB0E7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56c4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 222.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6ee',
    500: '#56c4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56c4e7;
$custom-light: #94d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56c4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77022,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56C4E7
secondary
#E7BFB2
accent
#3F0ED7
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFD
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1416
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

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#56C4E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva