#56C6E5#56C6E5

#56C6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.110 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6E5
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 229)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 13.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -22.65, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 33.65, 227.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0853 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.11 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1690, 48.0198, 81.3707)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6E5 #E57556

analogous

#56E5BD #56C6E5 #567FE5

triadic

#56C6E5 #E556C6 #C6E556

tetradic

#56C6E5 #BD56E5 #E57556 #7FE556

square

#56C6E5 #BD56E5 #E57556 #7FE556

split-complementary

#56C6E5 #E5567F #E5BD56

monochromatic

#1A88A7 #22B4DC #56C6E5 #8BD8ED #C0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56C6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#56C6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6E5

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6E5	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.110 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7ed',
    500: '#56c6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6e5;
$custom-light: #94d7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.007,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77402,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6E5

secondary

#E6BCB1

accent

#3B10D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6E5

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

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