#56D3ED#56D3ED

#56D3ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.115 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3ED
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 237)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 11%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -26.78, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 35.33, 220.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0954 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.115 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4118, 54.6768, 88.4229)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3ED #ED7056

analogous

#56EDBB #56D3ED #5687ED

triadic

#56D3ED #ED56D3 #D3ED56

tetradic

#56D3ED #BB56ED #ED7056 #87ED56

square

#56D3ED #BB56ED #ED7056 #87ED56

split-complementary

#56D3ED #ED5687 #EDBB56

monochromatic

#1399B5 #1FC5E7 #56D3ED #8DE1F3 #C5F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#56D3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3ED

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3ED	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.115 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f2',
    500: '#56d3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3ed;
$custom-light: #95e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.331,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80718,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3ED

secondary

#B54932

accent

#2D08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3ED

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

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