#56C8F3#56C8F3

#56C8F3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.119 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8F3
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 243)
HSL	hsl(196, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17.7%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -19.44, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 36.39, 237.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0821 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.119 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6632, 49.7537, 92.2371)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8F3 #F38156

analogous

#56F3CF #56C8F3 #567AF3

triadic

#56C8F3 #F356C8 #C8F356

tetradic

#56C8F3 #CF56F3 #F38156 #7AF356

square

#56C8F3 #CF56F3 #F38156 #7AF356

split-complementary

#56C8F3 #F3567A #F3CF56

monochromatic

#0E90C1 #1DB5EF #56C8F3 #8FDBF7 #C8EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#56C8F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#56C8F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8F3

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8F3	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C4F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB4F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.119 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d8f7',
    500: '#56c8f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8f3;
$custom-light: #95d8f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.433,
    "s": 86.74,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78435,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8F3

secondary

#EDC6B7

accent

#4002E3

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFE

border

#CCD3D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8F3

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

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