#56B2E2#56B2E2

#56B2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2E2
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -13.14, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 34.84, 247.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0656 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.112 234)
XYZ	xyz(33.4803, 39.3069, 77.7593)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2E2 #E28656

analogous

#56E2CC #56B2E2 #566CE2

triadic

#56B2E2 #E256B2 #B2E256

tetradic

#56B2E2 #CC56E2 #E28656 #6CE256

square

#56B2E2 #CC56E2 #E28656 #6CE256

split-complementary

#56B2E2 #E2566C #E2CC56

monochromatic

#1C74A2 #2599D6 #56B2E2 #8ACAEB #BEE2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#56B2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#56B2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2E2

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2E2	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9eb',
    500: '#56b2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2e2;
$custom-light: #92c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72683,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.3931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2E2

secondary

#E4C2B0

accent

#5513D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2E2

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

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