#56D0EB#56D0EB

#56D0EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.114 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D0EB
RGB	rgb(86, 208, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -25.88, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 34.89, 222.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0931 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.114 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3828, 53.0839, 86.6464)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D0EB #EB7156

analogous

#56EBBB #56D0EB #5686EB

triadic

#56D0EB #EB56D0 #D0EB56

tetradic

#56D0EB #BB56EB #EB7156 #86EB56

square

#56D0EB #BB56EB #EB7156 #86EB56

split-complementary

#56D0EB #EB5686 #EBBB56

monochromatic

#1595B2 #1FC1E5 #56D0EB #8DDFF1 #C3EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#56D0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#56D0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D0EB

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D0EB	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 208, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.114 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95def1',
    500: '#56d0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d0eb;
$custom-light: #95def1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.872,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79948,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D0EB

secondary

#B24A33

accent

#300ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D0EB

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

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