#56CCE9#56CCE9

#56CCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.112 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56CCE9
RGBrgb(86, 204, 233)
HSLhsl(192, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(192, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.71, -24.48, -24.18)
CIE-LCHlch(76.71, 34.41, 224.65°)
OKLaboklab(78.95% -0.0899 -0.0672)
OKLCHoklch(78.95% 0.112 216.8)
XYZxyz(40.1326, 51.0431, 84.8123)
Luminance0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56CCE9 #E97356
analogous
#56E9BD #56CCE9 #5682E9
triadic
#56CCE9 #E956CC #CCE956
tetradic
#56CCE9 #BD56E9 #E97356 #82E956
square
#56CCE9 #BD56E9 #E97356 #82E956
split-complementary
#56CCE9 #E95682 #E9BD56
monochromatic
#1790AE #20BCE2 #56CCE9 #8CDCF0 #C2EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#56CCE9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21
#56CCE9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CCE9
11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56CCE9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56CCE91.001.8711.2111.21
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2121.001.001.00
##00000011.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9C6EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3B7E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6D5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56cce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 204, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.112 216.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbf0',
    500: '#56cce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56cce9;
$custom-light: #94dbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56cce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.837,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78947,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56CCE9
secondary
#AF4D34
accent
#350CD9
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

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#56CCE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva