#56C8E0#56C8E0

#56C8E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.107 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8E0
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -25.13, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 33.12, 220.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0892 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.107 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9411, 48.6649, 77.9003)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8E0 #E06E56

analogous

#56E0B3 #56C8E0 #5683E0

triadic

#56C8E0 #E056C8 #C8E056

tetradic

#56C8E0 #B356E0 #E06E56 #83E056

square

#56C8E0 #B356E0 #E06E56 #83E056

split-complementary

#56C8E0 #E05683 #E0B356

monochromatic

#1D889F #27B4D2 #56C8E0 #8AD9E9 #BDEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#56C8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#56C8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8E0

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8E0	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.107 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9e9',
    500: '#56c8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8e0;
$custom-light: #93d9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7767,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8E0

secondary

#E3B8AF

accent

#3515D1

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8E0

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

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