#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
RGBrgb(86, 201, 246)
HSLhsl(197, 90%, 65%)
HSVhsv(197, 65%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 18.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(76.31, -19.04, -31.76)
CIE-LCHlch(76.31, 37.03, 239.06°)
OKLaboklab(78.79% -0.082 -0.0888)
OKLCHoklch(78.79% 0.121 227.3)
XYZxyz(41.3523, 50.4011, 94.7200)
Luminance0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##56C9F61.001.9011.0811.08
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0821.001.001.00
##00000011.0821.001.001.00

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

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#56C9F6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva