#56B1E7#56B1E7

#56B1E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1E7
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -11.04, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 36.82, 252.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0629 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.117 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9782, 39.1888, 81.3593)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1E7 #E78C56

analogous

#56E7D5 #56B1E7 #5668E7

triadic

#56B1E7 #E756B1 #B1E756

tetradic

#56B1E7 #D556E7 #E78C56 #68E756

square

#56B1E7 #D556E7 #E78C56 #68E756

split-complementary

#56B1E7 #E75668 #E7D556

monochromatic

#1874AA #2098DF #56B1E7 #8CCAEF #C1E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#56B1E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#56B1E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1E7

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1E7	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c8ee',
    500: '#56b1e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1e7;
$custom-light: #93c8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.345,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1E7

secondary

#E7C6B2

accent

#590ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1E7

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

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