#56CDEC#56CDEC

#56CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.114 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDEC
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -24.09, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 34.86, 226.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0897 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.114 218)
XYZ	xyz(40.8032, 51.6929, 87.1680)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDEC #EC7556

analogous

#56ECC0 #56CDEC #5682EC

triadic

#56CDEC #EC56CD #CDEC56

tetradic

#56CDEC #C056EC #EC7556 #82EC56

square

#56CDEC #C056EC #EC7556 #82EC56

split-complementary

#56CDEC #EC5682 #ECC056

monochromatic

#1493B3 #1FBDE6 #56CDEC #8DDDF2 #C4EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#56CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#56CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDEC

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDEC	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.114 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf2',
    500: '#56cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdec;
$custom-light: #95dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79295,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.51697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDEC

secondary

#B34D33

accent

#3509DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDEC

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

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