#56CEF6#56CEF6

#56CEF6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEF6
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 246)
HSL	hsl(195, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 16.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -21.59, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 36.61, 233.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.087 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.12 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5369, 52.7703, 95.1148)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEF6 #F67E56

analogous

#56F6CE #56CEF6 #567EF6

triadic

#56CEF6 #F656CE #CEF656

tetradic

#56CEF6 #CE56F6 #F67E56 #7EF656

square

#56CEF6 #CE56F6 #F67E56 #7EF656

split-complementary

#56CEF6 #F6567E #F6CE56

monochromatic

#0B98C7 #1CBDF3 #56CEF6 #90DFF9 #CAF0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#56CEF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#56CEF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEF6

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEF6	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CAF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B9F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96ddf9',
    500: '#56cef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cef6;
$custom-light: #96ddf9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79928,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEF6

secondary

#C4522D

accent

#3900E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEF6

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

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