#56D3EF#56D3EF

#56D3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.116 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3EF
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -26.19, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 35.54, 222.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0946 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.116 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7056, 54.7944, 89.9703)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3EF #EF7256

analogous

#56EFBE #56D3EF #5686EF

triadic

#56D3EF #EF56D3 #D3EF56

tetradic

#56D3EF #BE56EF #EF7256 #86EF56

square

#56D3EF #BE56EF #EF7256 #86EF56

split-complementary

#56D3EF #EF5686 #EFBE56

monochromatic

#129AB9 #1EC4EA #56D3EF #8EE2F4 #C6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#56D3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#56D3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3EF

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3EF	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCDF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.116 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e0f4',
    500: '#56d3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3ef;
$custom-light: #96e0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.98,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80795,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3EF

secondary

#B84A31

accent

#2E06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3EF

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

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