#56B4E0#56B4E0

#56B4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4E0
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -14.83, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 33.83, 243.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0684 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.109 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6083, 39.9994, 76.4560)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4E0 #E08256

analogous

#56E0C7 #56B4E0 #566FE0

triadic

#56B4E0 #E056B4 #B4E056

tetradic

#56B4E0 #C756E0 #E08256 #6FE056

square

#56B4E0 #C756E0 #E08256 #6FE056

split-complementary

#56B4E0 #E0566F #E0C756

monochromatic

#1D759F #279CD2 #56B4E0 #8ACBE9 #BDE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56B4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#56B4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4E0

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4E0	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)

#9EB2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cae9',
    500: '#56b4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4e0;
$custom-light: #92cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73052,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4E0

secondary

#E3BFAF

accent

#5115D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4E0

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

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