#56D1ED#56D1ED

#56D1ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.115 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D1ED
RGB	rgb(86, 209, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -25.79, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 35.18, 222.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0934 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.115 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9180, 53.6893, 88.2583)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D1ED #ED7256

analogous

#56EDBD #56D1ED #5685ED

triadic

#56D1ED #ED56D1 #D1ED56

tetradic

#56D1ED #BD56ED #ED7256 #85ED56

square

#56D1ED #BD56ED #ED7256 #85ED56

split-complementary

#56D1ED #ED5685 #EDBD56

monochromatic

#1397B5 #1FC2E7 #56D1ED #8DE0F3 #C5EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#56D1ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#56D1ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D1ED

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D1ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D1ED	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d1ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 209, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.115 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dff2',
    500: '#56d1ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d1ed;
$custom-light: #95dff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d1ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.126,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80257,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D1ED

secondary

#B54A32

accent

#3008DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D1ED

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

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