#56C6DD#56C6DD

#56C6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.106 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6DD
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -25.01, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 32.64, 219.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0883 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.106 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0776, 47.5832, 75.6231)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6DD #DD6D56

analogous

#56DDB0 #56C6DD #5683DD

triadic

#56C6DD #DD56C6 #C6DD56

tetradic

#56C6DD #B056DD #DD6D56 #83DD56

square

#56C6DD #B056DD #DD6D56 #83DD56

split-complementary

#56C6DD #DD5683 #DDB056

monochromatic

#1F859A #29B1CD #56C6DD #89D7E7 #BCE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#56C6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#56C6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6DD

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6DD	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.106 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7e7',
    500: '#56c6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6dd;
$custom-light: #93d7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77089,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6DD

secondary

#E1B6AE

accent

#3617CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6DD

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

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