#56B4E1#56B4E1

#56B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.110 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4E1
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -14.52, -30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 34.14, 244.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0681 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.11 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7443, 40.0538, 77.1724)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4E1 #E18356

analogous

#56E1C8 #56B4E1 #566EE1

triadic

#56B4E1 #E156B4 #B4E156

tetradic

#56B4E1 #C856E1 #E18356 #6EE156

square

#56B4E1 #C856E1 #E18356 #6EE156

split-complementary

#56B4E1 #E1566E #E1C856

monochromatic

#1C76A0 #269CD4 #56B4E1 #8ACBEA #BEE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#56B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4E1

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4E1	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.110 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caea',
    500: '#56b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4e1;
$custom-light: #92caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.424,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73095,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4E1

secondary

#E4C0AF

accent

#5114D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4E1

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

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