#56B3E5#56B3E5

#56B3E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.114 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3E5
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -12.74, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 35.63, 249.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0656 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.114 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0953, 39.8723, 80.0128)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3E5 #E58856

analogous

#56E5D0 #56B3E5 #566CE5

triadic

#56B3E5 #E556B3 #B3E556

tetradic

#56B3E5 #D056E5 #E58856 #6CE556

square

#56B3E5 #D056E5 #E58856 #6CE556

split-complementary

#56B3E5 #E5566C #E5D056

monochromatic

#1A76A7 #229BDC #56B3E5 #8BCBED #C0E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56B3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#56B3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3E5

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3E5	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.114 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9ed',
    500: '#56b3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3e5;
$custom-light: #93c9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.979,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3E5

secondary

#E6C3B1

accent

#5510D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3E5

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

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