#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
RGBrgb(86, 176, 230)
HSLhsl(203, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(203, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.56, -10.81, -35.09)
CIE-LCHlch(68.56, 36.72, 252.88°)
OKLaboklab(72.41% -0.0622 -0.0985)
OKLCHoklch(72.41% 0.116 237.7)
XYZxyz(33.6406, 38.7389, 80.5521)
Luminance0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##56B0E61.002.408.758.75
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7521.001.001.00
##0000008.7521.001.001.00

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

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#56B0E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva