#56D0EA#56D0EA

#56D0EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.113 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D0EA
RGB	rgb(86, 208, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -26.18, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 34.79, 221.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0935 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.113 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2388, 53.0263, 85.8877)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D0EA #EA7056

analogous

#56EABA #56D0EA #5686EA

triadic

#56D0EA #EA56D0 #D0EA56

tetradic

#56D0EA #BA56EA #EA7056 #86EA56

square

#56D0EA #BA56EA #EA7056 #86EA56

split-complementary

#56D0EA #EA5686 #EABA56

monochromatic

#1695B0 #20C1E3 #56D0EA #8CDFF1 #C3EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#56D0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#56D0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D0EA

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D0EA	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 208, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.113 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95def0',
    500: '#56d0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d0ea;
$custom-light: #95def0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.541,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7991,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D0EA

secondary

#B04A34

accent

#300BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D0EA

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

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