#56C8F6#56C8F6

#56C8F6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.121 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C8F6
RGB	rgb(86, 200, 246)
HSL	hsl(197, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -18.52, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 37.15, 240.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.081 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.121 228)
XYZ	xyz(41.1200, 49.9364, 94.6425)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C8F6 #F68456

analogous

#56F6D4 #56C8F6 #5678F6

triadic

#56C8F6 #F656C8 #C8F656

tetradic

#56C8F6 #D456F6 #F68456 #78F656

square

#56C8F6 #D456F6 #F68456 #78F656

split-complementary

#56C8F6 #F65678 #F6D456

monochromatic

#0B91C7 #1CB5F3 #56C8F6 #90DBF9 #CAEEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#56C8F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#56C8F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C8F6

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C8F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C8F6	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C5F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB4F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c8f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 200, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.121 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f9',
    500: '#56c8f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c8f6;
$custom-light: #96d8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c8f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.25,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78562,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.49941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C8F6

secondary

#EFC8B9

accent

#4200E6

background

#F9FDFF

surface

#F2FAFF

border

#CCD3D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C8F6

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

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