#56B2DE#56B2DE

#56B2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2DE
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -14.39, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 33.56, 244.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.067 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.108 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9379, 39.0899, 74.9023)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2DE #DE8256

analogous

#56DEC6 #56B2DE #566EDE

triadic

#56B2DE #DE56B2 #B2DE56

tetradic

#56B2DE #C656DE #DE8256 #6EDE56

square

#56B2DE #C656DE #DE8256 #6EDE56

split-complementary

#56B2DE #DE566E #DEC656

monochromatic

#1E739B #2899CE #56B2DE #89C9E8 #BCE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#56B2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#56B2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2DE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2DE	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)

#9CB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9e8',
    500: '#56b2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2de;
$custom-light: #92c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72506,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2DE

secondary

#E2BFAE

accent

#5216CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2DE

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

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