#56B1E4#56B1E4

#56B1E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B1E4
RGBrgb(86, 177, 228)
HSLhsl(202, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(202, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.77, -11.98, -33.68)
CIE-LCHlch(68.77, 35.75, 250.42°)
OKLaboklab(72.55% -0.0639 -0.0944)
OKLCHoklch(72.55% 0.114 235.9)
XYZxyz(33.5581, 39.0208, 79.1470)
Luminance0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B1E4 #E48956
analogous
#56E4D0 #56B1E4 #566AE4
triadic
#56B1E4 #E456B1 #B1E456
tetradic
#56B1E4 #D056E4 #E48956 #6AE456
square
#56B1E4 #D056E4 #E48956 #6AE456
split-complementary
#56B1E4 #E4566A #E4D056
monochromatic
#1A73A5 #2398DA #56B1E4 #8BC9EC #C0E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#56B1E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80
#56B1E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1E4
8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B1E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B1E41.002.398.808.80
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8021.001.001.00
##0000008.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99B0E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A1E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b1e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 235.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c8ec',
    500: '#56b1e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b1e4;
$custom-light: #92c8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b1e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.549,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B1E4
secondary
#E5C3B0
accent
#5711D5
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#56B1E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva