#56C7EF#56C7EF

#56C7EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.116 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C7EF
RGB	rgb(86, 199, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 16.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -20.15, -29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 35.54, 235.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0826 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.116 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8349, 49.0531, 89.0135)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C7EF #EF7E56

analogous

#56EFCA #56C7EF #567AEF

triadic

#56C7EF #EF56C7 #C7EF56

tetradic

#56C7EF #CA56EF #EF7E56 #7AEF56

square

#56C7EF #CA56EF #EF7E56 #7AEF56

split-complementary

#56C7EF #EF567A #EFCA56

monochromatic

#128DB9 #1EB4EA #56C7EF #8EDAF4 #C6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#56C7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#56C7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C7EF

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C7EF	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 199, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.116 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d8f4',
    500: '#56c7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c7ef;
$custom-light: #95d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.686,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78039,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C7EF

secondary

#EBC4B5

accent

#3F06DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C7EF

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

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