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cyan · cool

#56fccc

a light, electric cyan · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Morning Lagoon

RGB
86, 252, 204
HSL
163°, 97%, 66%
CMYK
66, 0, 19, 1
Luminance
0.7596

#56fccc is a light electric cyan, 163° on the wheel and 80/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.19:1). As text it scores 1.30:1 on white — use #02845E instead. Nearest name is Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(163 97% 66%)rgb(86 252 204)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #56fccc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#56fccc
Hue
163°
cyan
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
66%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
82%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7596
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
80/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
16.19:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 2.9
Chroma
54.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.893
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 16.6
Web-safe
#66FFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue163° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness66%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #56fccc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool80% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red3%
Green92%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#56fccc
HEX (8-digit)#56fcccff
RGBrgb(86, 252, 204)
RGBArgba(86, 252, 204, 1)
HSLhsl(163, 97%, 66%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163, 66%, 99%)
HWBhwb(163 34% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 19%, 1%)
LABlab(89.8 -53.8 10.6)
LCHlch(89.8 54.8 168.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.893 0.153 169.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.54, 75.95, 69.16)
Decimal5700812
Display P3color(display-p3 0.337 0.988 0.800)
Web-safe#66FFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #56fccc;
background-color: #56fccc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #56fccc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#56fccc] bg-[#56fccc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #56fccc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.337, green: 0.988, blue: 0.800)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.337, green: 0.988, blue: 0.800, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#56FCCC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF56FCCC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF56FCCC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(204, 252, 86)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(86, 252, 204)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(86, 252, 204)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 86, 252, 204)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3373f, 0.9882f, 0.8000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{86,252,204}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #56fccc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #56fccc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#027D5A, #D3EEE6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #56fccc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FDFA;
  --brand-100: #E4FCF5;
  --brand-200: #C1FBEA;
  --brand-300: #91FDDE;
  --brand-400: #56fccc;
  --brand-500: #23FBBD;
  --brand-600: #04F1AC;
  --brand-700: #04C890;
  --brand-800: #03A073;
  --brand-900: #077454;
  --brand-950: #044835;
  --brand: #56fccc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF9;
  --brand-border: #C0EDE0;
  --brand-hover: #33FBC2;
  --brand-pressed: #10FBB7;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142420;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1FDFA',
        100: '#E4FCF5',
        200: '#C1FBEA',
        300: '#91FDDE',
        400: '#56fccc',
        500: '#23FBBD',
        600: '#04F1AC',
        700: '#04C890',
        800: '#03A073',
        900: '#077454',
        950: '#044835',
        DEFAULT: '#56fccc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F1FDFA,
  '100': #E4FCF5,
  '200': #C1FBEA,
  '300': #91FDDE,
  '400': #56fccc,
  '500': #23FBBD,
  '600': #04F1AC,
  '700': #04C890,
  '800': #03A073,
  '900': #077454,
  '950': #044835,
);
$brand-base: #56fccc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1FDFA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E4FCF5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C1FBEA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#91FDDE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#56fccc", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#23FBBD", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#04F1AC", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#04C890", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#03A073", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#077454", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#044835", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #56fccc · 16.19:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.30:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.19:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #56fccc as text scores 1.30:1 on white and 16.19:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #027D5A at 3.97:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#02845E · 4.70:1
AA on white−40% L
#02845E
The quick fox
#026649 · 7.00:1
AAA on white−46% L
#026649
The quick fox
#56fccc · 16.19:1
AA on blackalready passes
#56fccc
The quick fox
#56fccc · 16.19:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#56fccc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #03A778 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#56fccc on white: 1.30:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#56fccc on black: 16.19:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #56fccc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #56fccc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.30:1AaAa
Slate 501.24:1AaAa
Slate 1001.18:1AaAa
Slate 2001.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.14:1AaAa
Slate 4001.98:1AaAa
Slate 5003.67:1AaAa
Slate 6005.84:1AaAa
Slate 7007.98:1AaAa
Slate 80011.28:1AaAa
Slate 90013.76:1AaAa
Black16.19:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F5ECCA
deuteranopia · #DFDBCF
tritanopia · #00FEEE

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #56fccc is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F1FDFA
#E4FCF5
#C1FBEA
#91FDDE
#56fccc
#23FBBD
#04F1AC
#04C890
#03A073
#077454
#044835
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F1FDFADarkest = 950 · #044835Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.038 169.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.061 169.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.092 169.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.119 169.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.141 169.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.153 169.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.153 169.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.144 169.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.128 169.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.107 169.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.084 169.8);
}

Colors that work with #56fccc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF9
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDE0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B84
Captions on the surface
Accent#CC006E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#027D5A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E6FFF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142420
Dark-mode background
Hover#33FBC2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#10FBB7
Two steps down
Disabled#DBE8E4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#68FFD3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
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Data
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How to use #56fccc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #027D5A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #03A778

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight34/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FC5686
Analogous left#56FC79
Analogous right#56D9FC
Split-complement 1#FC56D9
Split-complement 2#FC7956
Triadic 1#CC56FC
Triadic 2#FCCC56
Tetradic#7956FC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°163°

#56fccc sits at 163°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red33.7%
Green98.8%
Blue80.0%
R · 0–255
86
0x56
G · 0–255
252
0xfc
B · 0–255
204
0xcc

CMYK percentages

Cyan65.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow19.0%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 86%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#56fccc text on a black background

contrast 16.19:1

Card sample

#56fccc text on a white background

contrast 1.30:1

Card sample

#56fccc on grey

1.18:1

#56fccc on its own surface

1.23:1

#56fccc on its dark surface

12.43:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #56fccc;
Background color
Panel with #56fccc background
background-color: #56fccc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #56fccc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(86, 252, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(86, 252, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #56fccc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #56fccc, #56BDFC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #56fccc, #5694FC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #56fccc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #56fccc;
caret-color: #56fccc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #56fccc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E6FFF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #56fccc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#56fccc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #56fccc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(86, 252, 204, 0.5)
rgb(86 252 204 / 50%)
#56fccc80
hsl(163 97% 66% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #56fccc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#56fccc1a#EEFFFA
20%#56fccc33#DDFEF5
40%#56fccc66#BBFEEB
60%#56fccc99#9AFDE0
80%#56fccccc#78FDD6

Gradients from #56fccc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #92FDDE, #56fccc 45%, #027D5A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #56fccc, #38A1FB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #56fccc, #FC5686);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B0FEE7 0%, #56fccc 45%, #027D5A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #88FD97 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #74D4FD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #027D5A 0%, transparent 65%), #56fccc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #56fccc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#56fccc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 16.19:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#56fccc, answered

What color is #56fccc?

#56fccc is a light electric cyan, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 2.9). It sits at 163° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 66% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #56fccc?

rgb(86, 252, 204) — 86 red, 252 green and 204 blue out of 255, or 33.7% / 98.8% / 80% by channel.

What is #56fccc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(163, 97%, 66%) and hsv(163, 66%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #56fccc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7596 and perceived brightness is 82%, so black text on it reaches 16.19:1.

Should I use black or white text on #56fccc?

Black. It scores 16.19:1 against #56fccc, versus 1.30:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #56fccc accessible on a white background?

#56fccc on white scores 1.30:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #02845E to reach 4.5:1, or #026649 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #56fccc?

#FC5686 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FC56D9 and #FC7956, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #56fccc?

For interface work: #F4FAF9 as the surface, #C0EDE0 for borders, #4B9B84 for secondary text, #CC006E as an accent and #027D5A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #56FC79 and #56D9FC stays calm, while #FC5686 is the loudest partner.

What is #56fccc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(66%, 0%, 19%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #56fccc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 80 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #56FC8F; nudged cooler, #54F0FE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #56fccc?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 16.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #56fccc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #56fccc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#56fccc] or text-[#56fccc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #56fccc with 50% opacity?

rgba(86, 252, 204, 0.5), or #56fccc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #ABFEE6; over black, #2B7E66.

Is #56fccc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66FFCC, ΔE2000 1.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #56fccc mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #56fccc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #92FDDE, #56fccc 45%, #027D5A). For more colour, a short hue run to #38A1FB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #56fccc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #56fccc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.