#56D1EC#56D1EC

#56D1EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.114 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D1EC
RGB	rgb(86, 209, 236)
HSL	hsl(191, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -26.08, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 35.07, 221.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0938 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.114 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7723, 53.6310, 87.4910)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D1EC #EC7156

analogous

#56ECBC #56D1EC #5686EC

triadic

#56D1EC #EC56D1 #D1EC56

tetradic

#56D1EC #BC56EC #EC7156 #86EC56

square

#56D1EC #BC56EC #EC7156 #86EC56

split-complementary

#56D1EC #EC5686 #ECBC56

monochromatic

#1497B3 #1FC2E6 #56D1EC #8DE0F2 #C4EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#56D1EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#56D1EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D1EC

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D1EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D1EC	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d1ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 209, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.114 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dff2',
    500: '#56d1ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d1ec;
$custom-light: #95dff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d1ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80218,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D1EC

secondary

#B34A33

accent

#2F09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D1EC

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

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