#56CEE9#56CEE9

#56CEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.112 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEE9
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 233)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -25.48, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 34.53, 222.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0919 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.112 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6110, 51.9999, 84.9717)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEE9 #E97156

analogous

#56E9BA #56CEE9 #5685E9

triadic

#56CEE9 #E956CE #CEE956

tetradic

#56CEE9 #BA56E9 #E97156 #85E956

square

#56CEE9 #BA56E9 #E97156 #85E956

split-complementary

#56CEE9 #E95685 #E9BA56

monochromatic

#1792AE #20BEE2 #56CEE9 #8CDEF0 #C2EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#56CEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#56CEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEE9

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEE9	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.112 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ddf0',
    500: '#56cee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cee9;
$custom-light: #95ddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79409,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEE9

secondary

#AF4B34

accent

#320CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEE9

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

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