#56C6EF#56C6EF

#56C6EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C6EF
RGB	rgb(86, 198, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -19.64, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 35.62, 236.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0815 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.116 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6056, 48.5944, 88.9370)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C6EF #EF7F56

analogous

#56EFCB #56C6EF #5679EF

triadic

#56C6EF #EF56C6 #C6EF56

tetradic

#56C6EF #CB56EF #EF7F56 #79EF56

square

#56C6EF #CB56EF #EF7F56 #79EF56

split-complementary

#56C6EF #EF5679 #EFCB56

monochromatic

#128CB9 #1EB3EA #56C6EF #8ED9F4 #C6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#56C6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#56C6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C6EF

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C6EF	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 198, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d7f4',
    500: '#56c6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c6ef;
$custom-light: #95d7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.078,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77811,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C6EF

secondary

#EBC4B5

accent

#4006DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C6EF

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

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