#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
RGBrgb(86, 198, 231)
HSLhsl(194, 75%, 62%)
HSVhsv(194, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(74.91, -22.06, -25.85)
CIE-LCHlch(74.91, 33.98, 229.53°)
OKLaboklab(77.48% -0.0845 -0.072)
OKLCHoklch(77.48% 0.111 220.4)
XYZxyz(38.4498, 48.1321, 82.8499)
Luminance0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##56C6E71.001.9810.6310.63
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6321.001.001.00
##00000010.6321.001.001.00

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

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#56C6E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva