#56C8DF#56C8DF

#56C8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.107 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8DF
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -25.43, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 33.03, 219.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0896 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.107 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8058, 48.6108, 77.1881)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8DF #DF6D56

analogous

#56DFB1 #56C8DF #5683DF

triadic

#56C8DF #DF56C8 #C8DF56

tetradic

#56C8DF #B156DF #DF6D56 #83DF56

square

#56C8DF #B156DF #DF6D56 #83DF56

split-complementary

#56C8DF #DF5683 #DFB156

monochromatic

#1E889D #27B4D0 #56C8DF #89D9E9 #BDE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#56C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#56C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8DF

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8DF	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)

#B7C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.107 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e9',
    500: '#56c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8df;
$custom-light: #93d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.073,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77632,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8DF

secondary

#E2B7AE

accent

#3515D0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8DF

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

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