#56C6ED#56C6ED

#56C6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6ED
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -20.25, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 35.17, 234.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0823 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.115 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3118, 48.4769, 87.3895)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6ED #ED7D56

analogous

#56EDC9 #56C6ED #567AED

triadic

#56C6ED #ED56C6 #C6ED56

tetradic

#56C6ED #C956ED #ED7D56 #7AED56

square

#56C6ED #C956ED #ED7D56 #7AED56

split-complementary

#56C6ED #ED567A #EDC956

monochromatic

#138BB5 #1FB3E7 #56C6ED #8DD9F3 #C5EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#56C6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#56C6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6ED

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6ED	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7f3',
    500: '#56c6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6ed;
$custom-light: #94d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.497,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77728,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6ED

secondary

#EAC2B4

accent

#3F08DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6ED

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

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