#56CEF5#56CEF5

#56CEF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.119 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEF5
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 245)
HSL	hsl(195, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -21.90, -29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 36.41, 233.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0874 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.119 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3838, 52.7091, 94.3087)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEF5 #F57D56

analogous

#56F5CD #56CEF5 #567FF5

triadic

#56CEF5 #F556CE #CEF556

tetradic

#56CEF5 #CD56F5 #F57D56 #7FF556

square

#56CEF5 #CD56F5 #F57D56 #7FF556

split-complementary

#56CEF5 #F5567F #F5CD56

monochromatic

#0C97C5 #1CBDF2 #56CEF5 #90DFF8 #CAF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#56CEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#56CEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEF5

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEF5	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C9F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B9F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.119 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ddf8',
    500: '#56cef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cef5;
$custom-light: #96ddf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.717,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79887,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEF5

secondary

#C2522D

accent

#3800E5

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEF5

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

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