#56CDE9#56CDE9

#56CDE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.112 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDE9
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 12%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -24.98, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 34.47, 223.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0909 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.112 216)
XYZ	xyz(40.3710, 51.5200, 84.8917)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDE9 #E97256

analogous

#56E9BC #56CDE9 #5683E9

triadic

#56CDE9 #E956CD #CDE956

tetradic

#56CDE9 #BC56E9 #E97256 #83E956

square

#56CDE9 #BC56E9 #E97256 #83E956

split-complementary

#56CDE9 #E95683 #E9BC56

monochromatic

#1791AE #20BDE2 #56CDE9 #8CDDF0 #C2EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#56CDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#56CDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDE9

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDE9	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B7E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.112 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcf0',
    500: '#56cde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cde9;
$custom-light: #94dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79178,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.51524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDE9

secondary

#AF4C34

accent

#330CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDE9

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

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