#56C5EA#56C5EA

#56C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5EA
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -20.64, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 34.58, 233.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0824 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.113 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6493, 47.8474, 85.0246)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5EA #EA7B56

analogous

#56EAC5 #56C5EA #567BEA

triadic

#56C5EA #EA56C5 #C5EA56

tetradic

#56C5EA #C556EA #EA7B56 #7BEA56

square

#56C5EA #C556EA #EA7B56 #7BEA56

split-complementary

#56C5EA #EA567B #EAC556

monochromatic

#1689B0 #20B2E3 #56C5EA #8CD8F1 #C3EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#56C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#56C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5EA

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5EA	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f0',
    500: '#56c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5ea;
$custom-light: #94d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77374,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5EA

secondary

#E9C1B3

accent

#3F0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5EA

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

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