#56C4E9#56C4E9

#56C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4E9
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(195, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -20.43, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 34.42, 233.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0817 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.112 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2798, 47.3375, 84.1947)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4E9 #E97B56

analogous

#56E9C4 #56C4E9 #567BE9

triadic

#56C4E9 #E956C4 #C4E956

tetradic

#56C4E9 #C456E9 #E97B56 #7BE956

square

#56C4E9 #C456E9 #E97B56 #7BE956

split-complementary

#56C4E9 #E9567B #E9C456

monochromatic

#1788AE #20B1E2 #56C4E9 #8CD7F0 #C2EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#56C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#56C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4E9

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4E9	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f0',
    500: '#56c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4e9;
$custom-light: #94d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.102,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77104,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4E9

secondary

#E8C0B3

accent

#400CD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4E9

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

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