#56CBF6#56CBF6

#56CBF6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBF6
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 246)
HSL	hsl(196, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -20.07, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 36.83, 236.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.084 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.12 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8216, 51.3396, 94.8764)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBF6 #F68156

analogous

#56F6D1 #56CBF6 #567BF6

triadic

#56CBF6 #F656CB #CBF656

tetradic

#56CBF6 #D156F6 #F68156 #7BF656

square

#56CBF6 #D156F6 #F68156 #7BF656

split-complementary

#56CBF6 #F6567B #F6D156

monochromatic

#0B94C7 #1CB9F3 #56CBF6 #90DDF9 #CAEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#56CBF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#56CBF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBF6

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBF6	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C7F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB7F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbf9',
    500: '#56cbf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cbf6;
$custom-light: #96dbf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.125,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBF6

secondary

#C4552D

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBF6

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

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