#56B1E5#56B1E5

#56B1E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.115 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1E5
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -11.67, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 36.10, 251.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0636 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.115 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6973, 39.0765, 79.8802)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1E5 #E58A56

analogous

#56E5D1 #56B1E5 #566AE5

triadic

#56B1E5 #E556B1 #B1E556

tetradic

#56B1E5 #D156E5 #E58A56 #6AE556

square

#56B1E5 #D156E5 #E58A56 #6AE556

split-complementary

#56B1E5 #E5566A #E5D156

monochromatic

#1A74A7 #2298DC #56B1E5 #8BC9ED #C0E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#56B1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#56B1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1E5

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1E5	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.115 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c8ed',
    500: '#56b1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1e5;
$custom-light: #92c8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7259,
    "c": 0.11498,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1E5

secondary

#E6C4B1

accent

#5810D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1E5

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

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