#56CEE6#56CEE6

#56CEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.111 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEE6
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 230)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 10.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -26.36, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 34.24, 219.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0931 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.111 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1861, 51.8300, 82.7339)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEE6 #E66E56

analogous

#56E6B6 #56CEE6 #5686E6

triadic

#56CEE6 #E656CE #CEE656

tetradic

#56CEE6 #B656E6 #E66E56 #86E656

square

#56CEE6 #B656E6 #E66E56 #86E656

split-complementary

#56CEE6 #E65686 #E6B656

monochromatic

#1991A9 #21BEDE #56CEE6 #8BDDEE #C1EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#56CEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#56CEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEE6

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEE6	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.111 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddee',
    500: '#56cee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cee6;
$custom-light: #94ddee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79293,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEE6

secondary

#AA4936

accent

#300FD6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEE6

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

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