#56C5EB#56C5EB

#56C5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.114 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5EB
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -20.34, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 34.79, 234.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.082 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.114 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7934, 47.9050, 85.7833)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5EB #EB7C56

analogous

#56EBC6 #56C5EB #567AEB

triadic

#56C5EB #EB56C5 #C5EB56

tetradic

#56C5EB #C656EB #EB7C56 #7AEB56

square

#56C5EB #C656EB #EB7C56 #7AEB56

split-complementary

#56C5EB #EB567A #EBC656

monochromatic

#158AB2 #1FB2E5 #56C5EB #8DD8F1 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56C5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#56C5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5EB

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5EB	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.114 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f1',
    500: '#56c5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5eb;
$custom-light: #94d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.302,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77416,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5EB

secondary

#E9C1B4

accent

#400ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5EB

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

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