#56D4FA#56D4FA

#56D4FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D4FA
RGB	rgb(86, 212, 250)
HSL	hsl(194, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 15.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -23.41, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 37.16, 230.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0915 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.122 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6295, 55.9627, 98.8738)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D4FA #FA7C56

analogous

#56FACE #56D4FA #5682FA

triadic

#56D4FA #FA56D4 #D4FA56

tetradic

#56D4FA #CE56FA #FA7C56 #82FA56

square

#56D4FA #CE56FA #FA7C56 #82FA56

split-complementary

#56D4FA #FA5682 #FACE56

monochromatic

#06A1CF #1BC5F8 #56D4FA #91E3FC #CDF2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D4FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#56D4FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D4FA

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D4FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D4FA	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCFFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BEFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d4fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 212, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1fc',
    500: '#56d4fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d4fa;
$custom-light: #97e1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d4fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.902,
    "s": 94.253,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8146,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D4FA

secondary

#CB4F2A

accent

#3500E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D4FA

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

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