#56C6EB#56C6EB

#56C6EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6EB
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -20.85, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 34.74, 233.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.083 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.114 223)
XYZ	xyz(39.0212, 48.3607, 85.8592)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6EB #EB7B56

analogous

#56EBC5 #56C6EB #567CEB

triadic

#56C6EB #EB56C6 #C6EB56

tetradic

#56C6EB #C556EB #EB7B56 #7CEB56

square

#56C6EB #C556EB #EB7B56 #7CEB56

split-complementary

#56C6EB #EB567C #EBC556

monochromatic

#158BB2 #1FB4E5 #56C6EB #8DD8F1 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#56C6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#56C6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6EB

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6EB	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7f1',
    500: '#56c6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6eb;
$custom-light: #94d7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.899,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77645,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.48365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6EB

secondary

#E9C1B4

accent

#3E0ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6EB

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

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