#56CEE8#56CEE8

#56CEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.112 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEE8
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 232)
HSL	hsl(191, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -25.77, -22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 34.42, 221.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0923 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.112 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4686, 51.9430, 84.2215)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEE8 #E87056

analogous

#56E8B9 #56CEE8 #5685E8

triadic

#56CEE8 #E856CE #CEE856

tetradic

#56CEE8 #B956E8 #E87056 #85E856

square

#56CEE8 #B956E8 #E87056 #85E856

split-complementary

#56CEE8 #E85685 #E8B956

monochromatic

#1792AC #20BEE1 #56CEE8 #8CDEEF #C2EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#56CEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#56CEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEE8

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEE8	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.112 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ddef',
    500: '#56cee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cee8;
$custom-light: #94ddef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.685,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEE8

secondary

#AD4A35

accent

#310DD8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEE8

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

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