#56CDF1#56CDF1

#56CDF1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.117 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDF1
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 241)
HSL	hsl(194, 85%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -22.60, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 35.68, 230.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0879 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.117 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5398, 51.9875, 91.0474)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDF1 #F17A56

analogous

#56F1C7 #56CDF1 #5680F1

triadic

#56CDF1 #F156CD #CDF156

tetradic

#56CDF1 #C756F1 #F17A56 #80F156

square

#56CDF1 #C756F1 #F17A56 #80F156

split-complementary

#56CDF1 #F15680 #F1C756

monochromatic

#1095BD #1DBCEC #56CDF1 #8FDEF6 #C7EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#56CDF1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#56CDF1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDF1

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDF1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDF1	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B8F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdf1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 241);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.117 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcf5',
    500: '#56cdf1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdf1;
$custom-light: #95dcf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdf1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 241
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.935,
    "s": 84.699,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79495,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDF1

secondary

#BB5030

accent

#3804E1

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDF1

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

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