#56BCF5#56BCF5

#56BCF5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCF5
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 245)
HSL	hsl(202, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -12.53, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 39.06, 251.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0694 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.125 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2960, 44.5334, 92.9461)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCF5 #F58F56

analogous

#56F5DE #56BCF5 #566DF5

triadic

#56BCF5 #F556BC #BCF556

tetradic

#56BCF5 #DE56F5 #F58F56 #6DF556

square

#56BCF5 #DE56F5 #F58F56 #6DF556

split-complementary

#56BCF5 #F5566D #F5DE56

monochromatic

#0C83C5 #1CA5F2 #56BCF5 #90D3F8 #CAEAFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#56BCF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#56BCF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCF5

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCF5	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1BBF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BABF4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0f8',
    500: '#56bcf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcf5;
$custom-light: #95d0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.509,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75804,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCF5

secondary

#EFCCB8

accent

#5200E5

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F9FF

border

#CCD2D7

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCF5

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

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