#56C8EA#56C8EA

#56C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.113 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8EA
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -22.17, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 34.49, 230.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0854 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.113 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3373, 49.2234, 85.2539)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8EA #EA7856

analogous

#56EAC2 #56C8EA #567EEA

triadic

#56C8EA #EA56C8 #C8EA56

tetradic

#56C8EA #C256EA #EA7856 #7EEA56

square

#56C8EA #C256EA #EA7856 #7EEA56

split-complementary

#56C8EA #EA567E #EAC256

monochromatic

#168CB0 #20B6E3 #56C8EA #8CDAF1 #C3EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#56C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#56C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8EA

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8EA	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.113 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9f0',
    500: '#56c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8ea;
$custom-light: #94d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.784,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78064,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8EA

secondary

#E9BFB3

accent

#3B0BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8EA

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

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