#56CBEA#56CBEA

#56CBEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.113 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBEA
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 234)
HSL	hsl(193, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -23.69, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 34.52, 226.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0885 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.113 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0389, 50.6266, 85.4878)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBEA #EA7556

analogous

#56EABF #56CBEA #5681EA

triadic

#56CBEA #EA56CB #CBEA56

tetradic

#56CBEA #BF56EA #EA7556 #81EA56

square

#56CBEA #BF56EA #EA7556 #81EA56

split-complementary

#56CBEA #EA5681 #EABF56

monochromatic

#1690B0 #20BAE3 #56CBEA #8CDCF1 #C3ECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#56CBEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#56CBEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBEA

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBEA	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.113 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf0',
    500: '#56cbea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbea;
$custom-light: #94dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.568,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78755,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBEA

secondary

#B04E34

accent

#370BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBEA

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

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