#56CAF5#56CAF5

#56CAF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.120 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CAF5
RGB	rgb(86, 202, 245)
HSL	hsl(196, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -19.86, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 36.68, 237.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0834 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.12 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4331, 50.8076, 93.9918)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CAF5 #F58156

analogous

#56F5D0 #56CAF5 #567BF5

triadic

#56CAF5 #F556CA #CAF556

tetradic

#56CAF5 #D056F5 #F58156 #7BF556

square

#56CAF5 #D056F5 #F58156 #7BF556

split-complementary

#56CAF5 #F5567B #F5D056

monochromatic

#0C93C5 #1CB8F2 #56CAF5 #90DCF8 #CAEEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#56CAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CAF5

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CAF5	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C6F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56caf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 202, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.120 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daf8',
    500: '#56caf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56caf5;
$custom-light: #96daf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56caf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.226,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78975,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CAF5

secondary

#C2552D

accent

#3E00E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CAF5

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

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