#56C6EE#56C6EE

#56C6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6EE
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -19.94, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 35.39, 235.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0819 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.116 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4583, 48.5355, 88.1611)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6EE #EE7E56

analogous

#56EECA #56C6EE #567AEE

triadic

#56C6EE #EE56C6 #C6EE56

tetradic

#56C6EE #CA56EE #EE7E56 #7AEE56

square

#56C6EE #CA56EE #EE7E56 #7AEE56

split-complementary

#56C6EE #EE567A #EECA56

monochromatic

#128CB7 #1EB3E8 #56C6EE #8ED9F4 #C5ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#56C6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#56C6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6EE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6EE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d7f3',
    500: '#56c6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6ee;
$custom-light: #95d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77769,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6EE

secondary

#EBC3B5

accent

#4007DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6EE

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

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