#56C5DC#56C5DC

#56C5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.105 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5DC
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -24.80, -20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 32.45, 220.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0877 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.105 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7170, 47.0745, 74.8475)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5DC #DC6D56

analogous

#56DCB0 #56C5DC #5682DC

triadic

#56C5DC #DC56C5 #C5DC56

tetradic

#56C5DC #B056DC #DC6D56 #82DC56

square

#56C5DC #B056DC #DC6D56 #82DC56

split-complementary

#56C5DC #DC5682 #DCB056

monochromatic

#208398 #2AAFCB #56C5DC #89D6E6 #BBE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#56C5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#56C5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5DC

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5DC	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.105 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6e6',
    500: '#56c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5dc;
$custom-light: #93d6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.299,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76818,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5DC

secondary

#E1B6AD

accent

#5C3FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5DC

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

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