#56C7EA#56C7EA

#56C7EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.113 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C7EA
RGB	rgb(86, 199, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 15%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -21.66, -26.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 34.51, 231.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0844 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.113 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1065, 48.7617, 85.1769)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C7EA #EA7956

analogous

#56EAC3 #56C7EA #567DEA

triadic

#56C7EA #EA56C7 #C7EA56

tetradic

#56C7EA #C356EA #EA7956 #7DEA56

square

#56C7EA #C356EA #EA7956 #7DEA56

split-complementary

#56C7EA #EA567D #EAC356

monochromatic

#168BB0 #20B5E3 #56C7EA #8CD9F1 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#56C7EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#56C7EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C7EA

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C7EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C7EA	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c7ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 199, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.113 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f0',
    500: '#56c7ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c7ea;
$custom-light: #94d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c7ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.189,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77834,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C7EA

secondary

#E9C0B3

accent

#3C0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C7EA

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

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