#56BDFF#56BDFF

#56BDFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.134 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56BDFF
RGB	rgb(86, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -9.88, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 42.47, 256.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0672 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.134 240)
XYZ	xyz(40.0784, 45.5894, 101.2758)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56BDFF #FF9856

analogous

#56FFED #56BDFF #5669FF

triadic

#56BDFF #FF56BD #BDFF56

tetradic

#56BDFF #ED56FF #FF9856 #69FF56

square

#56BDFF #ED56FF #FF9856 #69FF56

split-complementary

#56BDFF #FF5669 #FFED56

monochromatic

#0085DB #19A5FF #56BDFF #93D5FF #D0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#56BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#56BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56BDFF

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56BDFF	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87ADFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.134 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d0ff',
    500: '#56bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56bdff;
$custom-light: #96d0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.432,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76491,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.45594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56BDFF

secondary

#F3D2BD

accent

#5A00E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F3F9FF

border

#CDD2D7

text

#0F1418

muted

#7F8286

Preview Lab

Preview with #56BDFF

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

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