#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
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -13.99, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 34.32, 245.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.067 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.11 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5432, 39.6515, 77.1053)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##56B3E1	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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