#56B3E1#56B3E1

#56B3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.110 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B3E1
RGBrgb(86, 179, 225)
HSLhsl(200, 70%, 61%)
HSVhsv(200, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(61.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.22, -13.99, -31.34)
CIE-LCHlch(69.22, 34.32, 245.94°)
OKLaboklab(72.87% -0.067 -0.0877)
OKLCHoklch(72.87% 0.11 232.6)
XYZxyz(33.5432, 39.6515, 77.1053)
Luminance0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B3E1 #E18456
analogous
#56E1C9 #56B3E1 #566DE1
triadic
#56B3E1 #E156B3 #B3E156
tetradic
#56B3E1 #C956E1 #E18456 #6DE156
square
#56B3E1 #C956E1 #E18456 #6DE156
split-complementary
#56B3E1 #E1566D #E1C956
monochromatic
#1C75A0 #269AD4 #56B3E1 #8ACAEA #BEE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#56B3E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93
#56B3E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3E1
8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B3E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B3E11.002.358.938.93
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9321.001.001.00
##0000008.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CB1E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A3E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.110 232.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ea',
    500: '#56b3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b3e1;
$custom-light: #92c9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.856,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B3E1
secondary
#E4C1AF
accent
#5314D2
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3E1

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#56B3E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva