#56B0E6#56B0E6

#56B0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0E6
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -10.81, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 36.72, 252.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0622 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.116 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6406, 38.7389, 80.5521)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0E6 #E68C56

analogous

#56E6D4 #56B0E6 #5668E6

triadic

#56B0E6 #E656B0 #B0E656

tetradic

#56B0E6 #D456E6 #E68C56 #68E656

square

#56B0E6 #D456E6 #E68C56 #68E656

split-complementary

#56B0E6 #E65668 #E6D456

monochromatic

#1973A9 #2197DE #56B0E6 #8BC9EE #C1E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56B0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#56B0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0E6

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0E6	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c7ee',
    500: '#56b0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0e6;
$custom-light: #93c7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72409,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0E6

secondary

#E6C5B1

accent

#5A0FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0E6

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

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