#56C8E4#56C8E4

#56C8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.109 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8E4
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -23.96, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 33.57, 224.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.0877 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.109 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4899, 48.8844, 80.7909)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8E4 #E47256

analogous

#56E4B9 #56C8E4 #5681E4

triadic

#56C8E4 #E456C8 #C8E456

tetradic

#56C8E4 #B956E4 #E47256 #81E456

square

#56C8E4 #B956E4 #E47256 #81E456

split-complementary

#56C8E4 #E45681 #E4B956

monochromatic

#1A8AA5 #23B6DA #56C8E4 #8BD9EC #C0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#56C8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#56C8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8E4

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8E4	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)

#B5C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.109 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9ec',
    500: '#56c8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8e4;
$custom-light: #94d9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.831,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77825,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8E4

secondary

#E5BBB0

accent

#3811D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8E4

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

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