#56CCF8#56CCF8

#56CCF8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.122 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CCF8
RGB	rgb(86, 204, 248)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -19.97, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 37.21, 237.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0843 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.122 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3671, 51.9369, 96.5807)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CCF8 #F88256

analogous

#56F8D3 #56CCF8 #567BF8

triadic

#56CCF8 #F856CC #CCF856

tetradic

#56CCF8 #D356F8 #F88256 #7BF856

square

#56CCF8 #D356F8 #F88256 #7BF856

split-complementary

#56CCF8 #F8567B #F8D356

monochromatic

#0896CB #1BBAF6 #56CCF8 #91DEFA #CCEFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#56CCF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#56CCF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CCF8

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CCF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CCF8	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C8FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB8F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ccf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 204, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.122 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbfa',
    500: '#56ccf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ccf8;
$custom-light: #96dbfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ccf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.296,
    "s": 92.045,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79555,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CCF8

secondary

#C7552B

accent

#3E00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFF

border

#CFD4D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CCF8

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

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