#56C4EA#56C4EA

#56C4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.113 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4EA
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -20.13, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 34.63, 234.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0813 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.113 224)
XYZ	xyz(38.4230, 47.3948, 84.9491)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4EA #EA7C56

analogous

#56EAC6 #56C4EA #567AEA

triadic

#56C4EA #EA56C4 #C4EA56

tetradic

#56C4EA #C656EA #EA7C56 #7AEA56

square

#56C4EA #C656EA #EA7C56 #7AEA56

split-complementary

#56C4EA #EA567A #EAC656

monochromatic

#1688B0 #20B1E3 #56C4EA #8CD7F1 #C3EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#56C4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#56C4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4EA

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4EA	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.113 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f0',
    500: '#56c4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4ea;
$custom-light: #94d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77145,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.47399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4EA

secondary

#E9C1B3

accent

#400BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4EA

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

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