#56B3EC#56B3EC

#56B3EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.121 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B3EC
RGBrgb(86, 179, 236)
HSLhsl(203, 80%, 63%)
HSVhsv(203, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.66, -10.54, -36.65)
CIE-LCHlch(69.66, 38.14, 253.96°)
OKLaboklab(73.36% -0.0633 -0.1029)
OKLCHoklch(73.36% 0.121 238.4)
XYZxyz(35.0924, 40.2712, 85.2643)
Luminance0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B3EC #EC8F56
analogous
#56ECDA #56B3EC #5668EC
triadic
#56B3EC #EC56B3 #B3EC56
tetradic
#56B3EC #DA56EC #EC8F56 #68EC56
square
#56B3EC #DA56EC #EC8F56 #68EC56
split-complementary
#56B3EC #EC5668 #ECDA56
monochromatic
#1477B3 #1F9AE6 #56B3EC #8DCCF2 #C4E4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#56B3EC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06
#56B3EC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3EC
9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B3EC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B3EC1.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99B3EF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84A4EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.121 238.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9f2',
    500: '#56b3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b3ec;
$custom-light: #93c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73364,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B3EC
secondary
#EAC8B4
accent
#5909DC
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

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#56B3EC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva