#56B2EA#56B2EA

#56B2EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2EA
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 234)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -10.63, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 37.66, 253.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.063 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.119 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6037, 39.7562, 83.6760)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2EA #EA8E56

analogous

#56EAD8 #56B2EA #5668EA

triadic

#56B2EA #EA56B2 #B2EA56

tetradic

#56B2EA #D856EA #EA8E56 #68EA56

square

#56B2EA #D856EA #EA8E56 #68EA56

split-complementary

#56B2EA #EA5668 #EAD856

monochromatic

#1676B0 #2099E3 #56B2EA #8CCBF1 #C3E4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#56B2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#56B2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2EA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2EA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9f1',
    500: '#56b2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2ea;
$custom-light: #93c9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.703,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73046,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2EA

secondary

#E9C7B3

accent

#5A0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2EA

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

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