#56CDEA#56CDEA

#56CDEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.113 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDEA
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 234)
HSL	hsl(192, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -24.69, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 34.59, 224.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0905 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.113 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5143, 51.5773, 85.6462)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDEA #EA7356

analogous

#56EABD #56CDEA #5683EA

triadic

#56CDEA #EA56CD #CDEA56

tetradic

#56CDEA #BD56EA #EA7356 #83EA56

square

#56CDEA #BD56EA #EA7356 #83EA56

split-complementary

#56CDEA #EA5683 #EABD56

monochromatic

#1692B0 #20BDE3 #56CDEA #8CDDF1 #C3EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#56CDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#56CDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDEA

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDEA	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B7EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.113 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf0',
    500: '#56cdea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdea;
$custom-light: #95dcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.757,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79217,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDEA

secondary

#B04C34

accent

#340BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDEA

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

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