#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
RGBrgb(86, 203, 246)
HSLhsl(196, 90%, 65%)
HSVhsv(196, 65%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 17.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(76.88, -20.07, -30.88)
CIE-LCHlch(76.88, 36.83, 236.99°)
OKLaboklab(79.24% -0.084 -0.0863)
OKLCHoklch(79.24% 0.12 225.8)
XYZxyz(41.8216, 51.3396, 94.8764)
Luminance0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##56CBF61.001.8611.2711.27
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2721.001.001.00
##00000011.2721.001.001.00

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

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#56CBF6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva