#56C6E7#56C6E7

#56C6E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6E7
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 231)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -22.06, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 33.98, 229.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0845 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.111 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4498, 48.1321, 82.8499)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6E7 #E77756

analogous

#56E7C0 #56C6E7 #567EE7

triadic

#56C6E7 #E756C6 #C6E756

tetradic

#56C6E7 #C056E7 #E77756 #7EE756

square

#56C6E7 #C056E7 #E77756 #7EE756

split-complementary

#56C6E7 #E7567E #E7C056

monochromatic

#1889AA #20B4DF #56C6E7 #8CD8EF #C1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#56C6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#56C6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6E7

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6E7	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)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7ee',
    500: '#56c6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6e7;
$custom-light: #94d7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.655,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77483,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6E7

secondary

#E7BEB2

accent

#3C0ED7

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6E7

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

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