#56BCF9#56BCF9

#56BCF9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BCF9
RGB	rgb(86, 188, 249)
HSL	hsl(202, 93%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(202, 65%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -11.26, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 40.49, 253.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0681 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.129 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9133, 44.7803, 96.1969)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56BCF9 #F99356

analogous

#56F9E4 #56BCF9 #566AF9

triadic

#56BCF9 #F956BC #BCF956

tetradic

#56BCF9 #E456F9 #F99356 #6AF956

square

#56BCF9 #E456F9 #F99356 #6AF956

split-complementary

#56BCF9 #F9566A #F9E456

monochromatic

#0783CD #1BA5F7 #56BCF9 #91D3FB #CCEBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#56BCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#56BCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BCF9

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BCF9	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0BCFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ABF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 188, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0fb',
    500: '#56bcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bcf9;
$custom-light: #95d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.454,
    "s": 93.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75987,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BCF9

secondary

#F1CFBA

accent

#5600E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F9FF

border

#CCD2D7

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BCF9

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

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