#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
RGB	rgb(86, 205, 246)
HSL	hsl(195, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 16.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -21.09, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 36.67, 234.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.086 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.12 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2969, 52.2904, 95.0348)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##56CDF6	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CDF6

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

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