#56CCF6#56CCF6

#56CCF6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.120 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CCF6
RGB	rgb(86, 204, 246)
HSL	hsl(196, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 17.1%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -20.58, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 36.75, 235.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.085 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.12 225)
XYZ	xyz(42.0585, 51.8135, 94.9554)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56CCF6 #F68056

analogous

#56F6D0 #56CCF6 #567CF6

triadic

#56CCF6 #F656CC #CCF656

tetradic

#56CCF6 #D056F6 #F68056 #7CF656

square

#56CCF6 #D056F6 #F68056 #7CF656

split-complementary

#56CCF6 #F6567C #F6D056

monochromatic

#0B96C7 #1CBAF3 #56CCF6 #90DEF9 #CAEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#56CCF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#56CCF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CCF6

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CCF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CCF6	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C8F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB7F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ccf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 204, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.120 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbf9',
    500: '#56ccf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ccf6;
$custom-light: #96dbf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ccf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79472,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.51818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CCF6

secondary

#C4542D

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CCF6

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

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