#56D5FD#56D5FD

#56D5FD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.124 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5FD
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 253)
HSL	hsl(194, 98%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 15.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -23.01, -29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 37.69, 232.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0914 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.124 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3544, 56.6538, 101.4545)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5FD #FD7E56

analogous

#56FDD1 #56D5FD #5682FD

triadic

#56D5FD #FD56D5 #D5FD56

tetradic

#56D5FD #D156FD #FD7E56 #82FD56

square

#56D5FD #D156FD #FD7E56 #82FD56

split-complementary

#56D5FD #FD5682 #FDD156

monochromatic

#03A3D6 #1AC6FC #56D5FD #92E4FE #CFF3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#56D5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#56D5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5FD

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5FD	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BED0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.124 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2fe',
    500: '#56d5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5fd;
$custom-light: #97e2fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.371,
    "s": 97.661,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8181,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5FD

secondary

#D05027

accent

#3700E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5FD

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

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