#56CDF5#56CDF5

#56CDF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CDF5
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 245)
HSL	hsl(195, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -21.39, -29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 36.46, 234.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0864 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.119 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1439, 52.2291, 94.2287)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CDF5 #F57E56

analogous

#56F5CD #56CDF5 #567EF5

triadic

#56CDF5 #F556CD #CDF556

tetradic

#56CDF5 #CD56F5 #F57E56 #7EF556

square

#56CDF5 #CD56F5 #F57E56 #7EF556

split-complementary

#56CDF5 #F5567E #F5CD56

monochromatic

#0C96C5 #1CBCF2 #56CDF5 #90DEF8 #CAEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#56CDF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#56CDF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDF5

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CDF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CDF5	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C9F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cdf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcf8',
    500: '#56cdf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cdf5;
$custom-light: #96dcf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cdf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.094,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79659,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CDF5

secondary

#C2532D

accent

#3A00E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDF5

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

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