#56C4E8#56C4E8

#56C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4E8
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -20.74, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 34.22, 232.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0821 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.112 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1373, 47.2805, 83.4445)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4E8 #E87A56

analogous

#56E8C3 #56C4E8 #567BE8

triadic

#56C4E8 #E856C4 #C4E856

tetradic

#56C4E8 #C356E8 #E87A56 #7BE856

square

#56C4E8 #C356E8 #E87A56 #7BE856

split-complementary

#56C4E8 #E8567B #E8C356

monochromatic

#1787AC #20B1E1 #56C4E8 #8CD7EF #C2EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#56C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#56C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4E8

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4E8	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6ef',
    500: '#56c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4e8;
$custom-light: #94d6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77063,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4E8

secondary

#E8BFB2

accent

#3F0DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4E8

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

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