#56C8EC#56C8EC

#56C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.114 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8EC
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -21.57, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 34.86, 231.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0847 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.114 222)
XYZ	xyz(39.6263, 49.3389, 86.7756)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8EC #EC7A56

analogous

#56ECC5 #56C8EC #567DEC

triadic

#56C8EC #EC56C8 #C8EC56

tetradic

#56C8EC #C556EC #EC7A56 #7DEC56

square

#56C8EC #C556EC #EC7A56 #7DEC56

split-complementary

#56C8EC #EC567D #ECC556

monochromatic

#148DB3 #1FB6E6 #56C8EC #8DDAF2 #C4ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#56C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#56C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8EC

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8EC	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.114 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d8f2',
    500: '#56c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8ec;
$custom-light: #94d8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.49343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8EC

secondary

#EAC1B4

accent

#3C09DC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8EC

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

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