#56D5F2#56D5F2

#56D5F2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.117 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5F2
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 242)
HSL	hsl(191, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 12%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -26.29, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 36.00, 223.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0955 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.117 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6524, 55.9730, 92.4905)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5F2 #F27356

analogous

#56F2C1 #56D5F2 #5687F2

triadic

#56D5F2 #F256D5 #D5F256

tetradic

#56D5F2 #C156F2 #F27356 #87F256

square

#56D5F2 #C156F2 #F27356 #87F256

split-complementary

#56D5F2 #F25687 #F2C156

monochromatic

#0F9EBF #1DC7EE #56D5F2 #8FE3F6 #C8F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#56D5F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#56D5F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5F2

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5F2	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CFF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABEF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.117 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2f6',
    500: '#56d5f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5f2;
$custom-light: #96e2f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.154,
    "s": 85.714,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81372,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5F2

secondary

#BD4A2F

accent

#2D03E2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5F2

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

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