#56B3E7#56B3E7

#56B3E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3E7
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 22.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -12.12, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 36.32, 250.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.065 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.116 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3761, 39.9847, 81.4920)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3E7 #E78A56

analogous

#56E7D2 #56B3E7 #566BE7

triadic

#56B3E7 #E756B3 #B3E756

tetradic

#56B3E7 #D256E7 #E78A56 #6BE756

square

#56B3E7 #D256E7 #E78A56 #6BE756

split-complementary

#56B3E7 #E7566B #E7D256

monochromatic

#1876AA #209BDF #56B3E7 #8CCBEF #C1E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56B3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#56B3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3E7

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3E7	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9ee',
    500: '#56b3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3e7;
$custom-light: #93c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.517,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3E7

secondary

#E7C5B2

accent

#560ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3E7

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

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