#56CBF5#56CBF5

#56CBF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBF5
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 245)
HSL	hsl(196, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -20.37, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 36.60, 236.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0844 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.12 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6685, 51.2784, 94.0702)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBF5 #F58056

analogous

#56F5CF #56CBF5 #567CF5

triadic

#56CBF5 #F556CB #CBF556

tetradic

#56CBF5 #CF56F5 #F58056 #7CF556

square

#56CBF5 #CF56F5 #F58056 #7CF556

split-complementary

#56CBF5 #F5567C #F5CF56

monochromatic

#0C94C5 #1CB9F2 #56CBF5 #90DDF8 #CAEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#56CBF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#56CBF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBF5

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBF5	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C7F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB7F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbf8',
    500: '#56cbf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbf5;
$custom-light: #96dbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79202,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBF5

secondary

#C2552D

accent

#3D00E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBF5

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

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