#56B2E5#56B2E5

#56B2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2E5
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -12.21, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 35.86, 250.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0646 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.114 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8956, 39.4730, 79.9463)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2E5 #E58956

analogous

#56E5D1 #56B2E5 #566BE5

triadic

#56B2E5 #E556B2 #B2E556

tetradic

#56B2E5 #D156E5 #E58956 #6BE556

square

#56B2E5 #D156E5 #E58956 #6BE556

split-complementary

#56B2E5 #E5566B #E5D156

monochromatic

#1A75A7 #229ADC #56B2E5 #8BCAED #C0E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56B2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#56B2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2E5

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2E5	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ed',
    500: '#56b2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2e5;
$custom-light: #92c9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.399,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2E5

secondary

#E6C4B1

accent

#5610D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2E5

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

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