#56D3FD#56D3FD

#56D3FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.124 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3FD
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 253)
HSL	hsl(195, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 16.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -22.00, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 37.79, 234.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0894 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.124 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8545, 55.6539, 101.2878)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3FD #FD8056

analogous

#56FDD4 #56D3FD #5680FD

triadic

#56D3FD #FD56D3 #D3FD56

tetradic

#56D3FD #D456FD #FD8056 #80FD56

square

#56D3FD #D456FD #FD8056 #80FD56

split-complementary

#56D3FD #FD5680 #FDD456

monochromatic

#03A1D6 #1AC3FC #56D3FD #92E3FE #CFF2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D3FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#56D3FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3FD

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3FD	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4BDFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.124 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e0fe',
    500: '#56d3fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3fd;
$custom-light: #97e0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.09,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81355,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3FD

secondary

#D05227

accent

#3A00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3FD

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

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