#56D5EF#56D5EF

#56D5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.116 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5EF
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -27.18, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 35.69, 220.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0966 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.116 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2055, 55.7943, 90.1370)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5EF #EF7056

analogous

#56EFBC #56D5EF #5688EF

triadic

#56D5EF #EF56D5 #D5EF56

tetradic

#56D5EF #BC56EF #EF7056 #88EF56

square

#56D5EF #BC56EF #EF7056 #88EF56

split-complementary

#56D5EF #EF5688 #EFBC56

monochromatic

#129DB9 #1EC7EA #56D5EF #8EE3F4 #C6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#56D5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5EF

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5EF	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)

#C2CEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.116 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2f4',
    500: '#56d5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5ef;
$custom-light: #96e2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.196,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81256,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5EF

secondary

#B84831

accent

#2B06DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5EF

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

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