#56C9EA#56C9EA

#56C9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.113 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C9EA
RGB	rgb(86, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -22.68, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 34.49, 228.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0864 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.113 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5697, 49.6881, 85.3313)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C9EA #EA7756

analogous

#56EAC1 #56C9EA #567FEA

triadic

#56C9EA #EA56C9 #C9EA56

tetradic

#56C9EA #C156EA #EA7756 #7FEA56

square

#56C9EA #C156EA #EA7756 #7FEA56

split-complementary

#56C9EA #EA567F #EAC156

monochromatic

#168DB0 #20B8E3 #56C9EA #8CDAF1 #C3ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#56C9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#56C9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C9EA

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C9EA	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.113 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9f0',
    500: '#56c9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c9ea;
$custom-light: #94d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.378,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78294,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C9EA

secondary

#E9BFB3

accent

#390BDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C9EA

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

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