#56B2E0#56B2E0

#56B2E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B2E0
RGBrgb(86, 178, 224)
HSLhsl(200, 69%, 61%)
HSVhsv(200, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.89, -13.77, -31.29)
CIE-LCHlch(68.89, 34.19, 246.25°)
OKLaboklab(72.59% -0.0663 -0.0875)
OKLCHoklch(72.59% 0.11 232.8)
XYZxyz(33.2075, 39.1977, 76.3224)
Luminance0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B2E0 #E08456
analogous
#56E0C9 #56B2E0 #566DE0
triadic
#56B2E0 #E056B2 #B2E056
tetradic
#56B2E0 #C956E0 #E08456 #6DE056
square
#56B2E0 #C956E0 #E08456 #6DE056
split-complementary
#56B2E0 #E0566D #E0C956
monochromatic
#1D739F #2799D2 #56B2E0 #8ACAE9 #BDE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#56B2E0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84
#56B2E0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2E0
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B2E0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B2E01.002.388.848.84
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB0E2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A2DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 232.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9e9',
    500: '#56b2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b2e0;
$custom-light: #92c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72594,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B2E0
secondary
#E3C0AF
accent
#5315D1
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#56B2E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva