#56C7EC#56C7EC

#56C7EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.114 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C7EC
RGB	rgb(86, 199, 236)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -21.06, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 34.90, 232.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0836 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.114 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3954, 48.8773, 86.6987)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C7EC #EC7B56

analogous

#56ECC6 #56C7EC #567CEC

triadic

#56C7EC #EC56C7 #C7EC56

tetradic

#56C7EC #C656EC #EC7B56 #7CEC56

square

#56C7EC #C656EC #EC7B56 #7CEC56

split-complementary

#56C7EC #EC567C #ECC656

monochromatic

#148CB3 #1FB5E6 #56C7EC #8DD9F2 #C4EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#56C7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#56C7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C7EC

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C7EC	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 199, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.114 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f2',
    500: '#56c7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c7ec;
$custom-light: #94d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77916,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C7EC

secondary

#EAC1B4

accent

#3D09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C7EC

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

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