#56D5FA#56D5FA

#56D5FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.122 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5FA
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 250)
HSL	hsl(194, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -23.91, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 37.14, 229.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0925 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.122 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8803, 56.4642, 98.9573)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5FA #FA7B56

analogous

#56FACD #56D5FA #5683FA

triadic

#56D5FA #FA56D5 #D5FA56

tetradic

#56D5FA #CD56FA #FA7B56 #83FA56

square

#56D5FA #CD56FA #FA7B56 #83FA56

split-complementary

#56D5FA #FA5683 #FACD56

monochromatic

#06A2CF #1BC6F8 #56D5FA #91E4FC #CDF3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#56D5FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#56D5FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5FA

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5FA	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFD0FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BFFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.122 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2fc',
    500: '#56d5fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5fa;
$custom-light: #97e2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.537,
    "s": 94.253,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81688,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5FA

secondary

#CB4E2A

accent

#3400E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5FA

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

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