#56C8F0#56C8F0

#56C8F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.117 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8F0
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 240)
HSL	hsl(196, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -20.36, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 35.69, 235.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0832 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.117 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2139, 49.5740, 89.8706)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8F0 #F07E56

analogous

#56F0CB #56C8F0 #567BF0

triadic

#56C8F0 #F056C8 #C8F056

tetradic

#56C8F0 #CB56F0 #F07E56 #7BF056

square

#56C8F0 #CB56F0 #F07E56 #7BF056

split-complementary

#56C8F0 #F0567B #F0CB56

monochromatic

#118FBB #1EB6EB #56C8F0 #8EDAF5 #C6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#56C8F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#56C8F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8F0

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8F0	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB4F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.117 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d8f5',
    500: '#56c8f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8f0;
$custom-light: #95d8f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7831,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8F0

secondary

#ECC4B6

accent

#3E05E0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8F0

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

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