#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
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 224)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -13.77, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 34.19, 246.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0663 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.11 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2075, 39.1977, 76.3224)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##56B2E0	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)

#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

Preview with #56B2E0

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

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