#56CEEB#56CEEB

#56CEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.113 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEEB
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(192, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -24.89, -24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 34.77, 224.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0911 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.113 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8983, 52.1149, 86.4849)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEEB #EB7356

analogous

#56EBBE #56CEEB #5683EB

triadic

#56CEEB #EB56CE #CEEB56

tetradic

#56CEEB #BE56EB #EB7356 #83EB56

square

#56CEEB #BE56EB #EB7356 #83EB56

split-complementary

#56CEEB #EB5683 #EBBE56

monochromatic

#1593B2 #1FBEE5 #56CEEB #8DDEF1 #C3EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#56CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#56CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEEB

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEEB	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.113 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ddf1',
    500: '#56ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ceeb;
$custom-light: #95ddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.678,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79487,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEEB

secondary

#B24C33

accent

#330ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEEB

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

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