#56D1EB#56D1EB

#56D1EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.114 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D1EB
RGB	rgb(86, 209, 235)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -26.38, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 34.97, 221.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0942 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.114 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6274, 53.5731, 86.7280)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D1EB #EB7056

analogous

#56EBBB #56D1EB #5686EB

triadic

#56D1EB #EB56D1 #D1EB56

tetradic

#56D1EB #BB56EB #EB7056 #86EB56

square

#56D1EB #BB56EB #EB7056 #86EB56

split-complementary

#56D1EB #EB5686 #EBBB56

monochromatic

#1596B2 #1FC2E5 #56D1EB #8DE0F1 #C3EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#56D1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#56D1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D1EB

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D1EB	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 209, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.114 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dff1',
    500: '#56d1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d1eb;
$custom-light: #95dff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.47,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80179,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D1EB

secondary

#B24933

accent

#2F0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D1EB

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

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