#56CAE4#56CAE4

#56CAE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.110 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CAE4
RGB	rgb(86, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -24.96, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 33.69, 222.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0897 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.11 215)
XYZ	xyz(38.9561, 49.8168, 80.9463)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CAE4 #E47056

analogous

#56E4B7 #56CAE4 #5683E4

triadic

#56CAE4 #E456CA #CAE456

tetradic

#56CAE4 #B756E4 #E47056 #83E456

square

#56CAE4 #B756E4 #E47056 #83E456

split-complementary

#56CAE4 #E45683 #E4B756

monochromatic

#1A8CA5 #23B8DA #56CAE4 #8BDBEC #C0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#56CAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#56CAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CAE4

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CAE4	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.110 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94daec',
    500: '#56cae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cae4;
$custom-light: #94daec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.986,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78289,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.49821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CAE4

secondary

#E5BAB0

accent

#3511D5

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CAE4

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

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