#56C6EA#56C6EA

#56C6EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.113 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6EA
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 234)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -21.15, -27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 34.54, 232.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0834 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.113 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8772, 48.3030, 85.1005)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6EA #EA7A56

analogous

#56EAC4 #56C6EA #567CEA

triadic

#56C6EA #EA56C6 #C6EA56

tetradic

#56C6EA #C456EA #EA7A56 #7CEA56

square

#56C6EA #C456EA #EA7A56 #7CEA56

split-complementary

#56C6EA #EA567C #EAC456

monochromatic

#168AB0 #20B4E3 #56C6EA #8CD8F1 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#56C6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#56C6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6EA

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6EA	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.113 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7f0',
    500: '#56c6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6ea;
$custom-light: #94d7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77604,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6EA

secondary

#E9C0B3

accent

#3E0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6EA

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

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