#56CBF0#56CBF0

#56CBF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.116 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBF0
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 240)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 15.4%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -21.89, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 35.54, 231.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0862 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.116 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9155, 50.9772, 90.1045)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBF0 #F07B56

analogous

#56F0C8 #56CBF0 #567EF0

triadic

#56CBF0 #F056CB #CBF056

tetradic

#56CBF0 #C856F0 #F07B56 #7EF056

square

#56CBF0 #C856F0 #F07B56 #7EF056

split-complementary

#56CBF0 #F0567E #F0C856

monochromatic

#1192BB #1EBAEB #56CBF0 #8EDCF5 #C6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#56CBF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#56CBF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBF0

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBF0	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.116 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbf5',
    500: '#56cbf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbf0;
$custom-light: #95dbf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.416,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78996,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBF0

secondary

#BA5130

accent

#3A05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBF0

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

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