#56D5F0#56D5F0

#56D5F0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.117 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5F0
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 240)
HSL	hsl(191, 84%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -26.88, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 35.79, 221.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0963 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.117 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3537, 55.8535, 90.9172)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5F0 #F07156

analogous

#56F0BE #56D5F0 #5688F0

triadic

#56D5F0 #F056D5 #D5F056

tetradic

#56D5F0 #BE56F0 #F07156 #88F056

square

#56D5F0 #BE56F0 #F07156 #88F056

split-complementary

#56D5F0 #F05688 #F0BE56

monochromatic

#119DBB #1EC7EB #56D5F0 #8EE3F5 #C6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#56D5F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#56D5F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5F0

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5F0	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.117 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2f5',
    500: '#56d5f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5f0;
$custom-light: #96e2f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.519,
    "s": 83.696,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81295,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5F0

secondary

#BA4930

accent

#2C05E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5F0

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

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