#56CDEE#56CDEE

#56CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.115 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDEE
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -23.50, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 35.16, 228.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.089 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.115 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0954, 51.8097, 88.7068)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDEE #EE7756

analogous

#56EEC3 #56CDEE #5681EE

triadic

#56CDEE #EE56CD #CDEE56

tetradic

#56CDEE #C356EE #EE7756 #81EE56

square

#56CDEE #C356EE #EE7756 #81EE56

split-complementary

#56CDEE #EE5681 #EEC356

monochromatic

#1293B7 #1EBDE8 #56CDEE #8EDDF4 #C5EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#56CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#56CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDEE

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDEE	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.115 219.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.026,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79375,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDEE

secondary

#B74F32

accent

#3607DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDEE

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

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