#56C9F3#56C9F3

#56C9F3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.119 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C9F3
RGB	rgb(86, 201, 243)
HSL	hsl(196, 87%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -19.96, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 36.30, 236.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0831 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.119 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8956, 50.2184, 92.3145)
Luminance	0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C9F3 #F38056

analogous

#56F3CF #56C9F3 #567BF3

triadic

#56C9F3 #F356C9 #C9F356

tetradic

#56C9F3 #CF56F3 #F38056 #7BF356

square

#56C9F3 #CF56F3 #F38056 #7BF356

split-complementary

#56C9F3 #F3567B #F3CF56

monochromatic

#0E91C1 #1DB7EF #56C9F3 #8FDBF7 #C8EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#56C9F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#56C9F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C9F3

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C9F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C9F3	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C5F5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c9f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 201, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.119 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9f7',
    500: '#56c9f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c9f3;
$custom-light: #95d9f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c9f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.051,
    "s": 86.74,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78663,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C9F3

secondary

#BF552F

accent

#3E02E3

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C9F3

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

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