#56D2ED#56D2ED

#56D2ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.115 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D2ED
RGB	rgb(86, 210, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -26.28, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 35.25, 221.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0944 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.115 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1641, 54.1815, 88.3403)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D2ED #ED7156

analogous

#56EDBC #56D2ED #5686ED

triadic

#56D2ED #ED56D2 #D2ED56

tetradic

#56D2ED #BC56ED #ED7156 #86ED56

square

#56D2ED #BC56ED #ED7156 #86ED56

split-complementary

#56D2ED #ED5686 #EDBC56

monochromatic

#1398B5 #1FC3E7 #56D2ED #8DE1F3 #C5EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#56D2ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#56D2ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D2ED

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D2ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D2ED	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d2ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 210, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.115 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f2',
    500: '#56d2ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d2ed;
$custom-light: #95e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d2ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.728,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80487,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D2ED

secondary

#B54A32

accent

#2E08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D2ED

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

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