#56CDED#56CDED

#56CDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.114 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDED
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 237)
HSL	hsl(193, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -23.80, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 35.01, 227.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0894 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.114 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9489, 51.7511, 87.9352)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDED #ED7656

analogous

#56EDC1 #56CDED #5681ED

triadic

#56CDED #ED56CD #CDED56

tetradic

#56CDED #C156ED #ED7656 #81ED56

square

#56CDED #C156ED #ED7656 #81ED56

split-complementary

#56CDED #ED5681 #EDC156

monochromatic

#1393B5 #1FBDE7 #56CDED #8DDDF3 #C5EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#56CDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#56CDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDED

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDED	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.114 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf3',
    500: '#56cded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cded;
$custom-light: #95dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.715,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79335,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDED

secondary

#B54E32

accent

#3508DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDED

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

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