#56D2EE#56D2EE

#56D2EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.115 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D2EE
RGB	rgb(86, 210, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -25.99, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 35.36, 222.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.094 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.115 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3106, 54.2401, 89.1119)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D2EE #EE7256

analogous

#56EEBE #56D2EE #5686EE

triadic

#56D2EE #EE56D2 #D2EE56

tetradic

#56D2EE #BE56EE #EE7256 #86EE56

square

#56D2EE #BE56EE #EE7256 #86EE56

split-complementary

#56D2EE #EE5686 #EEBE56

monochromatic

#1299B7 #1EC3E8 #56D2EE #8EE1F4 #C5F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#56D2EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#56D2EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D2EE

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D2EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D2EE	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d2ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 210, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.115 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f3',
    500: '#56d2ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d2ee;
$custom-light: #95e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d2ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80526,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D2EE

secondary

#B74A32

accent

#2F07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D2EE

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

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