#56D8F6#56D8F6

#56D8F6 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.120 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56D8F6
RGB	rgb(86, 216, 246)
HSL	hsl(191, 90%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 12.2%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -26.59, -25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 36.64, 223.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0969 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.12 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0213, 57.7391, 95.9430)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56D8F6 #F67456

analogous

#56F6C4 #56D8F6 #5688F6

triadic

#56D8F6 #F656D8 #D8F656

tetradic

#56D8F6 #C456F6 #F67456 #88F656

square

#56D8F6 #C456F6 #F67456 #88F656

split-complementary

#56D8F6 #F65688 #F6C456

monochromatic

#0BA4C7 #1CCBF3 #56D8F6 #90E5F9 #CAF3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#56D8F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#56D8F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56D8F6

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56D8F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56D8F6	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3D2F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACC1F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56d8f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 216, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.120 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e4f9',
    500: '#56d8f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56d8f6;
$custom-light: #97e4f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56d8f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 89.888,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82217,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56D8F6

secondary

#C4492D

accent

#2B00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFF

border

#CFD5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #56D8F6

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

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