#56B0E7#56B0E7

#56B0E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0E7
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 231)
HSL	hsl(203, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -10.49, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 37.09, 253.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0619 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.117 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7814, 38.7952, 81.2937)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0E7 #E78D56

analogous

#56E7D6 #56B0E7 #5667E7

triadic

#56B0E7 #E756B0 #B0E756

tetradic

#56B0E7 #D656E7 #E78D56 #67E756

square

#56B0E7 #D656E7 #E78D56 #67E756

split-complementary

#56B0E7 #E75667 #E7D656

monochromatic

#1873AA #2097DF #56B0E7 #8CC9EF #C1E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56B0E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#56B0E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0E7

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0E7	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c7ee',
    500: '#56b0e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0e7;
$custom-light: #93c7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72455,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0E7

secondary

#E7C6B2

accent

#5A0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0E7

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

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