#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
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -10.54, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 38.14, 253.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0633 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.121 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0924, 40.2712, 85.2643)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##56B3EC	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3EC

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

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