#56C8EB#56C8EB

#56C8EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.113 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8EB
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -21.87, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 34.67, 230.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.085 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.113 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4814, 49.2810, 86.0126)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8EB #EB7956

analogous

#56EBC3 #56C8EB #567DEB

triadic

#56C8EB #EB56C8 #C8EB56

tetradic

#56C8EB #C356EB #EB7956 #7DEB56

square

#56C8EB #C356EB #EB7956 #7DEB56

split-complementary

#56C8EB #EB567D #EBC356

monochromatic

#158DB2 #1FB6E5 #56C8EB #8DDAF1 #C3ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#56C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#56C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8EB

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8EB	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.113 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f1',
    500: '#56c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8eb;
$custom-light: #94d8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78105,
    "c": 0.11337,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8EB

secondary

#E9C0B4

accent

#3B0ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8EB

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