#56CDF0#56CDF0

#56CDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.116 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDF0
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 240)
HSL	hsl(194, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -22.90, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 35.50, 229.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0882 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.116 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3909, 51.9279, 90.2629)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDF0 #F07956

analogous

#56F0C6 #56CDF0 #5680F0

triadic

#56CDF0 #F056CD #CDF056

tetradic

#56CDF0 #C656F0 #F07956 #80F056

square

#56CDF0 #C656F0 #F07956 #80F056

split-complementary

#56CDF0 #F05680 #F0C656

monochromatic

#1194BB #1EBCEB #56CDF0 #8EDEF5 #C6EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#56CDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#56CDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDF0

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDF0	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)

#B8C8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.116 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf5',
    500: '#56cdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdf0;
$custom-light: #95dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79455,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDF0

secondary

#BA5030

accent

#3705E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDF0

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

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