#56C4EC#56C4EC

#56C4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.115 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4EC
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -19.52, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 35.08, 236.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0806 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.115 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7120, 47.5104, 86.4709)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4EC #EC7E56

analogous

#56ECC9 #56C4EC #5679EC

triadic

#56C4EC #EC56C4 #C4EC56

tetradic

#56C4EC #C956EC #EC7E56 #79EC56

square

#56C4EC #C956EC #EC7E56 #79EC56

split-complementary

#56C4EC #EC5679 #ECC956

monochromatic

#1489B3 #1FB1E6 #56C4EC #8DD7F2 #C4EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#56C4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#56C4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4EC

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4EC	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.115 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f2',
    500: '#56c4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4ec;
$custom-light: #94d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77228,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4EC

secondary

#EAC2B4

accent

#4209DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4EC

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

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