#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
RGBrgb(86, 211, 237)
HSLhsl(190, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(190, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 11%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.85, -26.78, -23.05)
CIE-LCHlch(78.85, 35.33, 220.72°)
OKLaboklab(80.72% -0.0954 -0.0641)
OKLCHoklch(80.72% 0.115 213.9)
XYZxyz(42.4118, 54.6768, 88.4229)
Luminance0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##56D3ED1.001.7611.9411.94
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9421.001.001.00
##00000011.9421.001.001.00

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

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#56D3ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva