#56C8E5#56C8E5

#56C8E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.110 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8E5
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 229)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -23.66, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 33.70, 225.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0873 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.11 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6291, 48.9401, 81.5241)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8E5 #E57356

analogous

#56E5BB #56C8E5 #5681E5

triadic

#56C8E5 #E556C8 #C8E556

tetradic

#56C8E5 #BB56E5 #E57356 #81E556

square

#56C8E5 #BB56E5 #E57356 #81E556

split-complementary

#56C8E5 #E55681 #E5BB56

monochromatic

#1A8AA7 #22B6DC #56C8E5 #8BD9ED #C0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#56C8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#56C8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8E5

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8E5	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.110 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9ed',
    500: '#56c8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8e5;
$custom-light: #94d9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.168,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77865,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8E5

secondary

#E6BCB1

accent

#3810D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8E5

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

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