#56CAE2#56CAE2

#56CAE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.109 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CAE2
RGB	rgb(86, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -25.55, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 33.49, 220.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0905 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.109 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6801, 49.7064, 79.4926)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CAE2 #E26E56

analogous

#56E2B4 #56CAE2 #5684E2

triadic

#56CAE2 #E256CA #CAE256

tetradic

#56CAE2 #B456E2 #E26E56 #84E256

square

#56CAE2 #B456E2 #E26E56 #84E256

split-complementary

#56CAE2 #E25684 #E2B456

monochromatic

#1C8BA2 #25B8D6 #56CAE2 #8ADAEB #BEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#56CAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#56CAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CAE2

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CAE2	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)

#B8C4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.109 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daeb',
    500: '#56cae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cae2;
$custom-light: #94daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78212,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CAE2

secondary

#E4B9B0

accent

#3413D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CAE2

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

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