#56CCE6#56CCE6

#56CCE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.111 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CCE6
RGB	rgb(86, 204, 230)
HSL	hsl(191, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -25.37, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 34.06, 221.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.091 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.111 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7077, 50.8731, 82.5744)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CCE6 #E67056

analogous

#56E6B8 #56CCE6 #5684E6

triadic

#56CCE6 #E656CC #CCE656

tetradic

#56CCE6 #B856E6 #E67056 #84E656

square

#56CCE6 #B856E6 #E67056 #84E656

split-complementary

#56CCE6 #E65684 #E6B856

monochromatic

#198FA9 #21BCDE #56CCE6 #8BDCEE #C1ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#56CCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CCE6

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CCE6	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 204, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.111 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbee',
    500: '#56cce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cce6;
$custom-light: #94dbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7883,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CCE6

secondary

#AA4B36

accent

#330FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CCE6

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

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