#56CEEC#56CEEC

#56CEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.114 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEEC
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -24.59, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 34.90, 225.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0907 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.114 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0432, 52.1728, 87.2479)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEEC #EC7456

analogous

#56ECBF #56CEEC #5683EC

triadic

#56CEEC #EC56CE #CEEC56

tetradic

#56CEEC #BF56EC #EC7456 #83EC56

square

#56CEEC #BF56EC #EC7456 #83EC56

split-complementary

#56CEEC #EC5683 #ECBF56

monochromatic

#1494B3 #1FBEE6 #56CEEC #8DDEF2 #C4EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#56CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#56CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEEC

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEEC	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.114 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ddf2',
    500: '#56ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ceec;
$custom-light: #95ddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79526,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEEC

secondary

#B34D33

accent

#3409DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEEC

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

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