#56C5EC#56C5EC

#56C5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.114 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5EC
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -20.04, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 35.01, 235.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0816 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.114 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9383, 47.9630, 86.5463)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5EC #EC7D56

analogous

#56ECC8 #56C5EC #567AEC

triadic

#56C5EC #EC56C5 #C5EC56

tetradic

#56C5EC #C856EC #EC7D56 #7AEC56

square

#56C5EC #C856EC #EC7D56 #7AEC56

split-complementary

#56C5EC #EC567A #ECC856

monochromatic

#148AB3 #1FB2E6 #56C5EC #8DD8F2 #C4EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56C5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#56C5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5EC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5EC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.114 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f2',
    500: '#56c5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5ec;
$custom-light: #94d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77457,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5EC

secondary

#EAC2B4

accent

#4009DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5EC

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

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