#56D6FA#56D6FA

#56D6FA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.122 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D6FA
RGB	rgb(86, 214, 250)
HSL	hsl(193, 94%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -24.41, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 37.14, 228.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0935 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.122 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1326, 56.9688, 99.0414)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D6FA #FA7A56

analogous

#56FACC #56D6FA #5684FA

triadic

#56D6FA #FA56D6 #D6FA56

tetradic

#56D6FA #CC56FA #FA7A56 #84FA56

square

#56D6FA #CC56FA #FA7A56 #84FA56

split-complementary

#56D6FA #FA5684 #FACC56

monochromatic

#06A3CF #1BC8F8 #56D6FA #91E4FC #CDF3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#56D6FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#56D6FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D6FA

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D6FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D6FA	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0D1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BFFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d6fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 214, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.122 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2fc',
    500: '#56d6fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d6fa;
$custom-light: #97e2fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d6fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 94.253,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81916,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D6FA

secondary

#CB4D2A

accent

#3200E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D6FA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →