#56CAEF#56CAEF

#56CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.116 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CAEF
RGB	rgb(86, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -21.68, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 35.38, 232.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0856 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.116 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5320, 50.4472, 89.2458)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CAEF #EF7B56

analogous

#56EFC7 #56CAEF #567DEF

triadic

#56CAEF #EF56CA #CAEF56

tetradic

#56CAEF #C756EF #EF7B56 #7DEF56

square

#56CAEF #C756EF #EF7B56 #7DEF56

split-complementary

#56CAEF #EF567D #EFC756

monochromatic

#1291B9 #1EB8EA #56CAEF #8EDCF4 #C6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#56CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#56CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CAEF

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CAEF	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.116 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95daf4',
    500: '#56caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56caef;
$custom-light: #95daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.51,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78726,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CAEF

secondary

#B85231

accent

#3B06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CAEF

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

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