#56C4F0#56C4F0

#56C4F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.118 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C4F0
RGB	rgb(86, 196, 240)
HSL	hsl(197, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -18.30, -31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 36.06, 239.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0792 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.118 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2996, 47.7454, 89.5658)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C4F0 #F08256

analogous

#56F0CF #56C4F0 #5677F0

triadic

#56C4F0 #F056C4 #C4F056

tetradic

#56C4F0 #CF56F0 #F08256 #77F056

square

#56C4F0 #CF56F0 #F08256 #77F056

split-complementary

#56C4F0 #F05677 #F0CF56

monochromatic

#118ABB #1EB0EB #56C4F0 #8ED8F5 #C6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#56C4F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#56C4F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C4F0

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C4F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C4F0	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c4f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 196, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.118 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6f5',
    500: '#56c4f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c4f0;
$custom-light: #95d6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c4f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77396,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C4F0

secondary

#ECC5B6

accent

#4405E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C4F0

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

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