#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
RGB	rgb(86, 204, 233)
HSL	hsl(192, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -24.48, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 34.41, 224.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0899 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.112 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1326, 51.0431, 84.8123)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##56CCE9	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56CCE9

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

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