#56CBFF#56CBFF

#56CBFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.127 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CBFF
RGB	rgb(86, 203, 255)
HSL	hsl(198, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -17.29, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 39.19, 243.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0809 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.127 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2365, 51.9056, 102.3285)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CBFF #FF8A56

analogous

#56FFDF #56CBFF #5676FF

triadic

#56CBFF #FF56CB #CBFF56

tetradic

#56CBFF #DF56FF #FF8A56 #76FF56

square

#56CBFF #DF56FF #FF8A56 #76FF56

split-complementary

#56CBFF #FF5676 #FFDF56

monochromatic

#0097DB #19B8FF #56CBFF #93DEFF #D0F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#56CBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#56CBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CBFF

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CBFF	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 203, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.127 230.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79628,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CBFF

secondary

#D45B25

accent

#4700E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CBFF

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

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