#56C6EC#56C6EC

#56C6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6EC
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -20.55, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 34.95, 233.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0826 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.114 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1661, 48.4186, 86.6222)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6EC #EC7C56

analogous

#56ECC7 #56C6EC #567BEC

triadic

#56C6EC #EC56C6 #C6EC56

tetradic

#56C6EC #C756EC #EC7C56 #7BEC56

square

#56C6EC #C756EC #EC7C56 #7BEC56

split-complementary

#56C6EC #EC567B #ECC756

monochromatic

#148BB3 #1FB3E6 #56C6EC #8DD9F2 #C4EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#56C6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#56C6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6EC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6EC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7f2',
    500: '#56c6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6ec;
$custom-light: #94d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77686,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6EC

secondary

#EAC2B4

accent

#3F09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6EC

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

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