#56C4EB#56C4EB

#56C4EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4EB
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -19.83, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 34.86, 235.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.081 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.114 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5671, 47.4524, 85.7079)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4EB #EB7D56

analogous

#56EBC8 #56C4EB #5679EB

triadic

#56C4EB #EB56C4 #C4EB56

tetradic

#56C4EB #C856EB #EB7D56 #79EB56

square

#56C4EB #C856EB #EB7D56 #79EB56

split-complementary

#56C4EB #EB5679 #EBC856

monochromatic

#1589B2 #1FB1E5 #56C4EB #8DD7F1 #C3EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#56C4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#56C4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4EB

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4EB	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f1',
    500: '#56c4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4eb;
$custom-light: #94d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77186,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4EB

secondary

#E9C2B4

accent

#410ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4EB

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

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