#56CBE6#56CBE6

#56CBE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.111 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBE6
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -24.87, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 33.99, 222.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.09 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.111 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4708, 50.3993, 82.4955)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBE6 #E67156

analogous

#56E6B9 #56CBE6 #5683E6

triadic

#56CBE6 #E656CB #CBE656

tetradic

#56CBE6 #B956E6 #E67156 #83E656

square

#56CBE6 #B956E6 #E67156 #83E656

split-complementary

#56CBE6 #E65683 #E6B956

monochromatic

#198EA9 #21BBDE #56CBE6 #8BDBEE #C1ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#56CBE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#56CBE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBE6

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBE6	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.111 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbee',
    500: '#56cbe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbe6;
$custom-light: #94dbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78598,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBE6

secondary

#AA4C36

accent

#340FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBE6

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

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