#56D3EC#56D3EC

#56D3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.114 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3EC
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -27.07, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 35.24, 219.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0958 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.114 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2661, 54.6186, 87.6556)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3EC #EC6F56

analogous

#56ECBA #56D3EC #5688EC

triadic

#56D3EC #EC56D3 #D3EC56

tetradic

#56D3EC #BA56EC #EC6F56 #88EC56

square

#56D3EC #BA56EC #EC6F56 #88EC56

split-complementary

#56D3EC #EC5688 #ECBA56

monochromatic

#1499B3 #1FC5E6 #56D3EC #8DE1F2 #C4F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#56D3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3EC

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3EC	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.114 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f2',
    500: '#56d3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3ec;
$custom-light: #95e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8068,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3EC

secondary

#B34833

accent

#2D09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3EC

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

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