#56C5EE#56C5EE

#56C5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5EE
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -19.43, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 35.47, 236.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0809 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.116 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2305, 48.0799, 88.0852)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5EE #EE7F56

analogous

#56EECB #56C5EE #5679EE

triadic

#56C5EE #EE56C5 #C5EE56

tetradic

#56C5EE #CB56EE #EE7F56 #79EE56

square

#56C5EE #CB56EE #EE7F56 #79EE56

split-complementary

#56C5EE #EE5679 #EECB56

monochromatic

#128BB7 #1EB2E8 #56C5EE #8ED8F4 #C5EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56C5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#56C5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5EE

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5EE	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6f3',
    500: '#56c5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5ee;
$custom-light: #94d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.184,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7754,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5EE

secondary

#EBC3B5

accent

#4107DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5EE

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

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