#56CAFF#56CAFF

#56CAFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.128 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CAFF
RGB	rgb(86, 202, 255)
HSL	hsl(199, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 20.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -16.77, -35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 39.36, 244.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0799 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.128 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0011, 51.4348, 102.2500)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56CAFF #FF8B56

analogous

#56FFE0 #56CAFF #5675FF

triadic

#56CAFF #FF56CA #CAFF56

tetradic

#56CAFF #E056FF #FF8B56 #75FF56

square

#56CAFF #E056FF #FF8B56 #75FF56

split-complementary

#56CAFF #FF5675 #FFE056

monochromatic

#0096DB #19B7FF #56CAFF #93DDFF #D0F0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#56CAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#56CAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CAFF

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CAFF	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56caff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 202, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.128 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97daff',
    500: '#56caff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56caff;
$custom-light: #97daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56caff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.817,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79403,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CAFF

secondary

#D45C25

accent

#4800E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1418

muted

#808386

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CAFF

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

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