#56D2EF#56D2EF

#56D2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.116 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D2EF
RGB	rgb(86, 210, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 12.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -25.70, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 35.47, 223.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0936 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.116 216)
XYZ	xyz(42.4579, 54.2991, 89.8878)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D2EF #EF7356

analogous

#56EFC0 #56D2EF #5685EF

triadic

#56D2EF #EF56D2 #D2EF56

tetradic

#56D2EF #C056EF #EF7356 #85EF56

square

#56D2EF #C056EF #EF7356 #85EF56

split-complementary

#56D2EF #EF5685 #EFC056

monochromatic

#1299B9 #1EC3EA #56D2EF #8EE1F4 #C6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#56D2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#56D2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D2EF

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D2EF	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 210, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.116 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e0f4',
    500: '#56d2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d2ef;
$custom-light: #95e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.373,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80565,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.54304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D2EF

secondary

#B84B31

accent

#2F06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D2EF

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

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