#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
RGBrgb(86, 201, 243)
HSLhsl(196, 87%, 65%)
HSVhsv(196, 65%, 95%)
CMYKcmyk(64.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LABlab(76.20, -19.96, -30.32)
CIE-LCHlch(76.20, 36.30, 236.65°)
OKLaboklab(78.66% -0.0831 -0.0847)
OKLCHoklch(78.66% 0.119 225.5)
XYZxyz(40.8956, 50.2184, 92.3145)
Luminance0.5022 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##56C9F31.001.9011.0411.04
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0421.001.001.00
##00000011.0421.001.001.00

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

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#56C9F3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva