#56D3EE#56D3EE

#56D3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.115 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3EE
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 238)
HSL	hsl(191, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -26.48, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 35.43, 221.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.095 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.115 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5583, 54.7354, 89.1945)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3EE #EE7156

analogous

#56EEBD #56D3EE #5687EE

triadic

#56D3EE #EE56D3 #D3EE56

tetradic

#56D3EE #BD56EE #EE7156 #87EE56

square

#56D3EE #BD56EE #EE7156 #87EE56

split-complementary

#56D3EE #EE5687 #EEBD56

monochromatic

#129AB7 #1EC5E8 #56D3EE #8EE1F4 #C5F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#56D3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3EE

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3EE	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.115 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f3',
    500: '#56d3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3ee;
$custom-light: #95e0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.658,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80757,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3EE

secondary

#B74932

accent

#2E07DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3EE

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

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