#56CEFF#56CEFF

#56CEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.127 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CEFF
RGB	rgb(86, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -18.84, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 38.75, 240.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0838 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.127 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9519, 53.3363, 102.5669)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CEFF #FF8756

analogous

#56FFDB #56CEFF #567AFF

triadic

#56CEFF #FF56CE #CEFF56

tetradic

#56CEFF #DB56FF #FF8756 #7AFF56

square

#56CEFF #DB56FF #FF8756 #7AFF56

split-complementary

#56CEFF #FF567A #FFDB56

monochromatic

#009BDB #19BCFF #56CEFF #93E0FF #D0F1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#56CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#56CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CEFF

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CEFF	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4CBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DBAFE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.127 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ddff',
    500: '#56ceff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56ceff;
$custom-light: #97ddff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.396,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80305,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CEFF

secondary

#D45825

accent

#4300E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CEFF

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

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