#56D3FF#56D3FF

#56D3FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.125 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D3FF
RGB	rgb(86, 211, 255)
HSL	hsl(196, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -21.39, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 38.22, 235.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0887 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.125 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1747, 55.7820, 102.9746)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D3FF #FF8256

analogous

#56FFD6 #56D3FF #567FFF

triadic

#56D3FF #FF56D3 #D3FF56

tetradic

#56D3FF #D656FF #FF8256 #7FFF56

square

#56D3FF #D656FF #FF8256 #7FFF56

split-complementary

#56D3FF #FF567F #FFD656

monochromatic

#00A2DB #19C3FF #56D3FF #93E3FF #D0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#56D3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D3FF

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D3FF	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BDFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 211, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.125 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e0ff',
    500: '#56d3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d3ff;
$custom-light: #97e0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.621,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81437,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D3FF

secondary

#D45325

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D3FF

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

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