#56CBE5#56CBE5

#56CBE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.110 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBE5
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 229)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -25.16, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 33.88, 222.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0904 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.11 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3307, 50.3433, 81.7580)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBE5 #E57056

analogous

#56E5B8 #56CBE5 #5684E5

triadic

#56CBE5 #E556CB #CBE556

tetradic

#56CBE5 #B856E5 #E57056 #84E556

square

#56CBE5 #B856E5 #E57056 #84E556

split-complementary

#56CBE5 #E55684 #E5B856

monochromatic

#1A8DA7 #22BADC #56CBE5 #8BDBED #C0ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#56CBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#56CBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBE5

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBE5	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.110 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbed',
    500: '#56cbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbe5;
$custom-light: #94dbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78559,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBE5

secondary

#A94B36

accent

#3410D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFD

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBE5

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

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