#56C5EF#56C5EF

#56C5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.117 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C5EF
RGB	rgb(86, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -19.12, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 35.71, 237.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.0805 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.117 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3778, 48.1388, 88.8611)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C5EF #EF8056

analogous

#56EFCD #56C5EF #5678EF

triadic

#56C5EF #EF56C5 #C5EF56

tetradic

#56C5EF #CD56EF #EF8056 #78EF56

square

#56C5EF #CD56EF #EF8056 #78EF56

split-complementary

#56C5EF #EF5678 #EFCD56

monochromatic

#128BB9 #1EB2EA #56C5EF #8ED8F4 #C6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56C5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#56C5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C5EF

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C5EF	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.117 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6f4',
    500: '#56c5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c5ef;
$custom-light: #95d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77582,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C5EF

secondary

#EBC4B5

accent

#4206DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C5EF

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