#56B6FF#56B6FF

#56B6FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.139 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6FF
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 255)
HSL	hsl(206, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -6.07, -44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 44.78, 262.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0604 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.139 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6089, 42.6503, 100.7859)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6FF #FF9F56

analogous

#56FFF3 #56B6FF #5662FF

triadic

#56B6FF #FF56B6 #B6FF56

tetradic

#56B6FF #F356FF #FF9F56 #62FF56

square

#56B6FF #F356FF #FF9F56 #62FF56

split-complementary

#56B6FF #FF5662 #FFF356

monochromatic

#007CDB #199CFF #56B6FF #93D0FF #D0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#56B6FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#56B6FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6FF

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6FF	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.139 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbff',
    500: '#56b6ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6ff;
$custom-light: #96cbff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.917,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74939,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6FF

secondary

#F3D5BD

accent

#6300E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F3F8FF

border

#CDD1D7

text

#0F1318

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6FF

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

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