#56D4EF#56D4EF

#56D4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.116 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4EF
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -26.68, -23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 35.61, 221.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0956 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.116 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9548, 55.2928, 90.0534)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4EF #EF7156

analogous

#56EFBD #56D4EF #5687EF

triadic

#56D4EF #EF56D4 #D4EF56

tetradic

#56D4EF #BD56EF #EF7156 #87EF56

square

#56D4EF #BD56EF #EF7156 #87EF56

split-complementary

#56D4EF #EF5687 #EFBD56

monochromatic

#129CB9 #1EC6EA #56D4EF #8EE2F4 #C6F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#56D4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#56D4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4EF

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4EF	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.116 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e1f4',
    500: '#56d4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4ef;
$custom-light: #96e1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81026,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4EF

secondary

#B84931

accent

#2D06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4EF

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

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