#56CAF2#56CAF2

#56CAF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CAF2
RGB	rgb(86, 202, 242)
HSL	hsl(195, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -20.77, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 36.00, 234.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0845 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.118 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9789, 50.6259, 91.5993)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CAF2 #F27E56

analogous

#56F2CC #56CAF2 #567CF2

triadic

#56CAF2 #F256CA #CAF256

tetradic

#56CAF2 #CC56F2 #F27E56 #7CF256

square

#56CAF2 #CC56F2 #F27E56 #7CF256

split-complementary

#56CAF2 #F2567C #F2CC56

monochromatic

#0F92BF #1DB8EE #56CAF2 #8FDCF6 #C8EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#56CAF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#56CAF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CAF2

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CAF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CAF2	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C6F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56caf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 202, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95daf6',
    500: '#56caf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56caf2;
$custom-light: #95daf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56caf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7885,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CAF2

secondary

#BD542F

accent

#3C03E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CAF2

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

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