#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
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -21.04, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 34.02, 231.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0824 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.111 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9957, 47.2239, 82.6985)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##56C4E7	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56C4E7

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

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