#56CCEB#56CCEB

#56CCEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.113 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CCEB
RGB	rgb(86, 204, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -23.89, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 34.69, 226.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0891 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.113 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4199, 51.1580, 86.3255)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CCEB #EB7556

analogous

#56EBBF #56CCEB #5681EB

triadic

#56CCEB #EB56CC #CCEB56

tetradic

#56CCEB #BF56EB #EB7556 #81EB56

square

#56CCEB #BF56EB #EB7556 #81EB56

split-complementary

#56CCEB #EB5681 #EBBF56

monochromatic

#1591B2 #1FBBE5 #56CCEB #8DDDF1 #C3EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#56CCEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#56CCEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CCEB

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CCEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CCEB	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 204, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.113 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf1',
    500: '#56cceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cceb;
$custom-light: #95dbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.483,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79025,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CCEB

secondary

#B24E33

accent

#360ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CCEB

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

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