#56CFEF#56CFEF

#56CFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.116 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56CFEF
RGB	rgb(86, 207, 239)
HSL	hsl(193, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -24.20, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 35.35, 226.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0906 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.116 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7242, 52.8316, 89.6432)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56CFEF #EF7656

analogous

#56EFC2 #56CFEF #5682EF

triadic

#56CFEF #EF56CF #CFEF56

tetradic

#56CFEF #C256EF #EF7656 #82EF56

square

#56CFEF #C256EF #EF7656 #82EF56

split-complementary

#56CFEF #EF5682 #EFC256

monochromatic

#1296B9 #1EBFEA #56CFEF #8EDFF4 #C6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#56CFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#56CFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56CFEF

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56CFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56CFEF	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56cfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 207, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.116 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95def4',
    500: '#56cfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56cfef;
$custom-light: #95def4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56cfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.549,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79874,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56CFEF

secondary

#B84D31

accent

#3406DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56CFEF

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

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