#56C5DD#56C5DD

#56C5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.106 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5DD
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -24.51, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 32.55, 221.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0873 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.106 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8498, 47.1276, 75.5471)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5DD #DD6E56

analogous

#56DDB2 #56C5DD #5681DD

triadic

#56C5DD #DD56C5 #C5DD56

tetradic

#56C5DD #B256DD #DD6E56 #81DD56

square

#56C5DD #B256DD #DD6E56 #81DD56

split-complementary

#56C5DD #DD5681 #DDB256

monochromatic

#1F849A #29B0CD #56C5DD #89D6E7 #BCE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#56C5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#56C5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5DD

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5DD	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.106 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6e7',
    500: '#56c5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5dd;
$custom-light: #93d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76856,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5DD

secondary

#E1B7AE

accent

#3817CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5DD

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

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