#56C8EF#56C8EF

#56C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.116 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8EF
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -20.66, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 35.48, 234.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0836 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.116 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0658, 49.5147, 89.0904)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8EF #EF7D56

analogous

#56EFC9 #56C8EF #567BEF

triadic

#56C8EF #EF56C8 #C8EF56

tetradic

#56C8EF #C956EF #EF7D56 #7BEF56

square

#56C8EF #C956EF #EF7D56 #7BEF56

split-complementary

#56C8EF #EF567B #EFC956

monochromatic

#128EB9 #1EB6EA #56C8EF #8EDAF4 #C6ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#56C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#56C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8EF

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8EF	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.116 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d8f4',
    500: '#56c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8ef;
$custom-light: #95d8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78268,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8EF

secondary

#EBC3B5

accent

#3E06DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8EF

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

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