#56CDE5#56CDE5

#56CDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.110 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDE5
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 229)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -26.16, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 34.05, 219.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0924 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.11 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8061, 51.2940, 81.9165)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDE5 #E56E56

analogous

#56E5B6 #56CDE5 #5686E5

triadic

#56CDE5 #E556CD #CDE556

tetradic

#56CDE5 #B656E5 #E56E56 #86E556

square

#56CDE5 #B656E5 #E56E56 #86E556

split-complementary

#56CDE5 #E55686 #E5B656

monochromatic

#1A8FA7 #22BDDC #56CDE5 #8BDDED #C0ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#56CDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#56CDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDE5

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDE5	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.110 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dced',
    500: '#56cde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cde5;
$custom-light: #94dced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.07,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79023,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDE5

secondary

#A94A36

accent

#3110D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDE5

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

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