#56C9EB#56C9EB

#56C9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.113 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C9EB
RGB	rgb(86, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(194, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -22.38, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 34.66, 229.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0861 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.113 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7137, 49.7457, 86.0901)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C9EB #EB7856

analogous

#56EBC2 #56C9EB #567FEB

triadic

#56C9EB #EB56C9 #C9EB56

tetradic

#56C9EB #C256EB #EB7856 #7FEB56

square

#56C9EB #C256EB #EB7856 #7FEB56

split-complementary

#56C9EB #EB567F #EBC256

monochromatic

#158EB2 #1FB8E5 #56C9EB #8DDAF1 #C3ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#56C9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#56C9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C9EB

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C9EB	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.113 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9f1',
    500: '#56c9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c9eb;
$custom-light: #94d9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.691,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78335,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C9EB

secondary

#E9C0B4

accent

#3A0ADB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C9EB

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

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