#56CAF6#56CAF6

#56CAF6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.121 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CAF6
RGB	rgb(86, 202, 246)
HSL	hsl(197, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -19.55, -31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 36.92, 238.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.083 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.121 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5862, 50.8689, 94.7979)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CAF6 #F68256

analogous

#56F6D2 #56CAF6 #567AF6

triadic

#56CAF6 #F656CA #CAF656

tetradic

#56CAF6 #D256F6 #F68256 #7AF656

square

#56CAF6 #D256F6 #F68256 #7AF656

split-complementary

#56CAF6 #F6567A #F6D256

monochromatic

#0B93C7 #1CB8F3 #56CAF6 #90DCF9 #CAEEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CAF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#56CAF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CAF6

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CAF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CAF6	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C6F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB6F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56caf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 202, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.121 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96daf9',
    500: '#56caf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56caf6;
$custom-light: #96daf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56caf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79017,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CAF6

secondary

#C4562D

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CAF6

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

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