#56CEF2#56CEF2

#56CEF2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.117 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEF2
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 242)
HSL	hsl(194, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -22.80, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 35.84, 230.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0885 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.117 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9296, 52.5274, 91.9162)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEF2 #F27A56

analogous

#56F2C8 #56CEF2 #5680F2

triadic

#56CEF2 #F256CE #CEF256

tetradic

#56CEF2 #C856F2 #F27A56 #80F256

square

#56CEF2 #C856F2 #F27A56 #80F256

split-complementary

#56CEF2 #F25680 #F2C856

monochromatic

#0F96BF #1DBEEE #56CEF2 #8FDEF6 #C8EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#56CEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#56CEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEF2

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEF2	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C9F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B9F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cef2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.117 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ddf6',
    500: '#56cef2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cef2;
$custom-light: #95ddf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cef2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79765,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEF2

secondary

#BD502F

accent

#3703E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEF2

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

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