#56B2E4#56B2E4

#56B2E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2E4
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -12.52, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 35.51, 249.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.065 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.114 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7563, 39.4173, 79.2131)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2E4 #E48856

analogous

#56E4CF #56B2E4 #566BE4

triadic

#56B2E4 #E456B2 #B2E456

tetradic

#56B2E4 #CF56E4 #E48856 #6BE456

square

#56B2E4 #CF56E4 #E48856 #6BE456

split-complementary

#56B2E4 #E4566B #E4CF56

monochromatic

#1A74A5 #2399DA #56B2E4 #8BCAEC #C0E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56B2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#56B2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2E4

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2E4	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ec',
    500: '#56b2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2e4;
$custom-light: #92c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.127,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.11354,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2E4

secondary

#E5C3B0

accent

#5611D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2E4

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

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