#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
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 23.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -11.13, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 36.35, 252.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0625 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.115 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5005, 38.6829, 79.8146)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##56B0E5	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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