#56C8E6#56C8E6

#56C8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.110 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8E6
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 230)
HSL	hsl(193, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 13%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -23.37, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 33.84, 226.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0869 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.11 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7692, 48.9961, 82.2616)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8E6 #E67456

analogous

#56E6BC #56C8E6 #5680E6

triadic

#56C8E6 #E656C8 #C8E656

tetradic

#56C8E6 #BC56E6 #E67456 #80E656

square

#56C8E6 #BC56E6 #E67456 #80E656

split-complementary

#56C8E6 #E65680 #E6BC56

monochromatic

#198BA9 #21B7DE #56C8E6 #8BD9EE #C1EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#56C8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#56C8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8E6

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8E6	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.110 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9ee',
    500: '#56c8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8e6;
$custom-light: #94d9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.5,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77904,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8E6

secondary

#E6BCB1

accent

#390FD6

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8E6

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

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