#56AFFF#56AFFF

#56AFFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.145 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFFF
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 255)
HSL	hsl(208, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -2.18, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 47.48, 267.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0536 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.145 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2110, 39.8545, 100.3200)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFFF #FFA656

analogous

#56FFFA #56AFFF #565BFF

triadic

#56AFFF #FF56AF #AFFF56

tetradic

#56AFFF #FA56FF #FFA656 #5BFF56

square

#56AFFF #FA56FF #FFA656 #5BFF56

split-complementary

#56AFFF #FF565B #FFFA56

monochromatic

#0073DB #1992FF #56AFFF #93CCFF #D0E9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56AFFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#56AFFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFFF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFFF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CB2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74A2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.145 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c6ff',
    500: '#56afff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afff;
$custom-light: #96c6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.402,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFFF

secondary

#F3D7BD

accent

#6D00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F3F8FF

border

#CDD1D7

text

#0F1318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFFF

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

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