#56D1EF#56D1EF

#56D1EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.116 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D1EF
RGB	rgb(86, 209, 239)
HSL	hsl(192, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 12.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -25.20, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 35.42, 224.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0926 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.116 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2118, 53.8068, 89.8057)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D1EF #EF7456

analogous

#56EFC1 #56D1EF #5684EF

triadic

#56D1EF #EF56D1 #D1EF56

tetradic

#56D1EF #C156EF #EF7456 #84EF56

square

#56D1EF #C156EF #EF7456 #84EF56

split-complementary

#56D1EF #EF5684 #EFC156

monochromatic

#1298B9 #1EC2EA #56D1EF #8EE0F4 #C6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#56D1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#56D1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D1EF

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D1EF	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 209, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.116 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dff4',
    500: '#56d1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d1ef;
$custom-light: #95dff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.765,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80335,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D1EF

secondary

#B84C31

accent

#3106DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D1EF

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

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