#56ABEB#56ABEB

#56ABEB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56ABEB
RGBrgb(86, 171, 235)
HSLhsl(206, 79%, 63%)
HSVhsv(206, 63%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.35, -6.47, -39.71)
CIE-LCHlch(67.35, 40.23, 260.74°)
OKLaboklab(71.52% -0.0555 -0.1118)
OKLCHoklch(71.52% 0.125 243.6)
XYZxyz(33.3904, 37.0991, 83.9823)
Luminance0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56ABEB #EB9656
analogous
#56EBE1 #56ABEB #5660EB
triadic
#56ABEB #EB56AB #ABEB56
tetradic
#56ABEB #E156EB #EB9656 #60EB56
square
#56ABEB #E156EB #EB9656 #60EB56
split-complementary
#56ABEB #EB5660 #EBE156
monochromatic
#156EB2 #1F90E5 #56ABEB #8DC6F1 #C3E1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#56ABEB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42
#56ABEB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABEB
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56ABEB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56ABEB1.002.498.428.42
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4221.001.001.00
##0000008.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FACEE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A9DEA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56abeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 243.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c3f1',
    500: '#56abeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56abeb;
$custom-light: #93c3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56abeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.772,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7152,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56ABEB
secondary
#E9CBB4
accent
#640ADB
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABEB

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#56ABEB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva