#56C5E7#56C5E7

#56C5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.111 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5E7
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -21.55, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 33.99, 230.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0835 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.111 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2220, 47.6765, 82.7740)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5E7 #E77856

analogous

#56E7C1 #56C5E7 #567DE7

triadic

#56C5E7 #E756C5 #C5E756

tetradic

#56C5E7 #C156E7 #E77856 #7DE756

square

#56C5E7 #C156E7 #E77856 #7DE756

split-complementary

#56C5E7 #E7567D #E7C156

monochromatic

#1888AA #20B3DF #56C5E7 #8CD7EF #C1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#56C5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#56C5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5E7

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5E7	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.111 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6ee',
    500: '#56c5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5e7;
$custom-light: #94d6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.069,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77252,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5E7

secondary

#E7BEB2

accent

#3D0ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5E7

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

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