#56CEFD#56CEFD

#56CEFD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.125 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEFD
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 253)
HSL	hsl(197, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 18.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -19.46, -32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 38.23, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0845 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.125 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6316, 53.2082, 100.8802)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEFD #FD8556

analogous

#56FDD8 #56CEFD #567BFD

triadic

#56CEFD #FD56CE #CEFD56

tetradic

#56CEFD #D856FD #FD8556 #7BFD56

square

#56CEFD #D856FD #FD8556 #7BFD56

split-complementary

#56CEFD #FD567B #FDD856

monochromatic

#039BD6 #1ABCFC #56CEFD #92E0FE #CFF1FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#56CEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#56CEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEFD

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEFD	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB9FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cefd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.125 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ddfe',
    500: '#56cefd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cefd;
$custom-light: #97ddfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cefd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.886,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8022,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEFD

secondary

#D05727

accent

#4100E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEFD

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

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