#56B0E5#56B0E5

#56B0E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B0E5
RGBrgb(86, 176, 229)
HSLhsl(202, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(202, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.52, -11.13, -34.61)
CIE-LCHlch(68.52, 36.35, 252.18°)
OKLaboklab(72.36% -0.0625 -0.0971)
OKLCHoklch(72.36% 0.115 237.2)
XYZxyz(33.5005, 38.6829, 79.8146)
Luminance0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B0E5 #E58B56
analogous
#56E5D3 #56B0E5 #5669E5
triadic
#56B0E5 #E556B0 #B0E556
tetradic
#56B0E5 #D356E5 #E58B56 #69E556
square
#56B0E5 #D356E5 #E58B56 #69E556
split-complementary
#56B0E5 #E55669 #E5D356
monochromatic
#1A73A7 #2297DC #56B0E5 #8BC9ED #C0E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#56B0E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74
#56B0E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0E5
8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B0E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B0E51.002.408.748.74
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7421.001.001.00
##0000008.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97AFE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84A1E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 237.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7ed',
    500: '#56b0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b0e5;
$custom-light: #92c7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.238,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72363,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B0E5
secondary
#E6C5B1
accent
#5910D5
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0E5

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#56B0E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva