#56CDF6#56CDF6

#56CDF6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.120 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56CDF6
RGBrgb(86, 205, 246)
HSLhsl(195, 90%, 65%)
HSVhsv(195, 65%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.45, -21.09, -30.01)
CIE-LCHlch(77.45, 36.67, 234.90°)
OKLaboklab(79.7% -0.086 -0.0838)
OKLCHoklch(79.7% 0.12 224.2)
XYZxyz(42.2969, 52.2904, 95.0348)
Luminance0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56CDF6 #F67F56
analogous
#56F6CF #56CDF6 #567DF6
triadic
#56CDF6 #F656CD #CDF656
tetradic
#56CDF6 #CF56F6 #F67F56 #7DF656
square
#56CDF6 #CF56F6 #F67F56 #7DF656
split-complementary
#56CDF6 #F6567D #F6CF56
monochromatic
#0B97C7 #1CBCF3 #56CDF6 #90DEF9 #CAEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#56CDF6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46
#56CDF6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CDF6
11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56CDF6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56CDF61.001.8311.4611.46
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4621.001.001.00
##00000011.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6C9F8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0B8F6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9DA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56cdf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 205, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.120 224.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcf9',
    500: '#56cdf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56cdf6;
$custom-light: #96dcf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56cdf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.375,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.797,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56CDF6
secondary
#C4532D
accent
#3B00E6
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFF
border
#CFD5D7
text
#0F1517
muted
#808485

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#56CDF6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva