#56C9F6#56C9F6

#56C9F6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56C9F6
RGB	rgb(86, 201, 246)
HSL	hsl(197, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -19.04, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 37.03, 239.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.082 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.121 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3523, 50.4011, 94.7200)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56C9F6 #F68356

analogous

#56F6D3 #56C9F6 #5679F6

triadic

#56C9F6 #F656C9 #C9F656

tetradic

#56C9F6 #D356F6 #F68356 #79F656

square

#56C9F6 #D356F6 #F68356 #79F656

split-complementary

#56C9F6 #F65679 #F6D356

monochromatic

#0B92C7 #1CB6F3 #56C9F6 #90DCF9 #CAEEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#56C9F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#56C9F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56C9F6

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56C9F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56C9F6	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C5F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB5F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56c9f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 201, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9f9',
    500: '#56c9f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56c9f6;
$custom-light: #96d9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56c9f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.875,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78789,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56C9F6

secondary

#C4572D

accent

#4100E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56C9F6

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

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