#56B3E4#56B3E4

#56B3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3E4
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -13.06, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 35.30, 248.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.066 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.113 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9560, 39.8167, 79.2796)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3E4 #E48756

analogous

#56E4CE #56B3E4 #566CE4

triadic

#56B3E4 #E456B3 #B3E456

tetradic

#56B3E4 #CE56E4 #E48756 #6CE456

square

#56B3E4 #CE56E4 #E48756 #6CE456

split-complementary

#56B3E4 #E4566C #E4CE56

monochromatic

#1A75A5 #239BDA #56B3E4 #8BCBEC #C0E2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56B3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#56B3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3E4

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3E4	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9ec',
    500: '#56b3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3e4;
$custom-light: #92c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.704,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3E4

secondary

#E5C3B0

accent

#5411D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3E4

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

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