#56B2E7#56B2E7

#56B2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2E7
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -11.58, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 36.57, 251.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.064 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.116 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1764, 39.5853, 81.4254)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2E7 #E78B56

analogous

#56E7D4 #56B2E7 #566AE7

triadic

#56B2E7 #E756B2 #B2E756

tetradic

#56B2E7 #D456E7 #E78B56 #6AE756

square

#56B2E7 #D456E7 #E78B56 #6AE756

split-complementary

#56B2E7 #E7566A #E7D456

monochromatic

#1875AA #209ADF #56B2E7 #8CCAEF #C1E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#56B2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#56B2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2E7

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2E7	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9ee',
    500: '#56b2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2e7;
$custom-light: #93c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.931,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72908,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2E7

secondary

#E7C5B2

accent

#580ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2E7

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

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