#56B2E1#56B2E1

#56B2E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2E1
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -13.46, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 34.51, 247.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.066 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.111 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3435, 39.2521, 77.0388)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2E1 #E18556

analogous

#56E1CA #56B2E1 #566CE1

triadic

#56B2E1 #E156B2 #B2E156

tetradic

#56B2E1 #CA56E1 #E18556 #6CE156

square

#56B2E1 #CA56E1 #E18556 #6CE156

split-complementary

#56B2E1 #E1566C #E1CA56

monochromatic

#1C74A0 #2699D4 #56B2E1 #8ACAEA #BEE1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#56B2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#56B2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2E1

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2E1	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ea',
    500: '#56b2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2e1;
$custom-light: #92c9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.288,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72638,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2E1

secondary

#E4C1AF

accent

#5414D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2E1

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

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