#56D5FF#56D5FF

#56D5FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.125 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D5FF
RGB	rgb(86, 213, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 16.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -22.40, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 38.09, 233.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0906 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.125 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6747, 56.7819, 103.1412)
Luminance	0.5679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D5FF #FF8056

analogous

#56FFD4 #56D5FF #5681FF

triadic

#56D5FF #FF56D5 #D5FF56

tetradic

#56D5FF #D456FF #FF8056 #81FF56

square

#56D5FF #D456FF #FF8056 #81FF56

split-complementary

#56D5FF #FF5681 #FFD456

monochromatic

#00A4DB #19C6FF #56D5FF #93E4FF #D0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#56D5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#56D5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D5FF

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D5FF	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDD0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BFFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 213, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.125 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2ff',
    500: '#56d5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d5ff;
$custom-light: #97e2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.911,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81891,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D5FF

secondary

#D45125

accent

#3900E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1518

muted

#808486

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D5FF

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

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