#56CBEC#56CBEC

#56CBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.114 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBEC
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 236)
HSL	hsl(193, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 14%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -23.09, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 34.83, 228.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0877 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.114 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3279, 50.7422, 87.0095)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBEC #EC7756

analogous

#56ECC2 #56CBEC #5680EC

triadic

#56CBEC #EC56CB #CBEC56

tetradic

#56CBEC #C256EC #EC7756 #80EC56

square

#56CBEC #C256EC #EC7756 #80EC56

split-complementary

#56CBEC #EC5680 #ECC256

monochromatic

#1490B3 #1FBAE6 #56CBEC #8DDCF2 #C4EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#56CBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBEC

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBEC	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.114 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf2',
    500: '#56cbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbec;
$custom-light: #95dbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78835,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBEC

secondary

#B34F33

accent

#3809DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBEC

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

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