#56B4E3#56B4E3

#56B4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4E3
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -13.90, -31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 34.76, 246.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0674 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.112 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0188, 40.1636, 78.6177)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4E3 #E38556

analogous

#56E3CC #56B4E3 #566EE3

triadic

#56B4E3 #E356B4 #B4E356

tetradic

#56B4E3 #CC56E3 #E38556 #6EE356

square

#56B4E3 #CC56E3 #E38556 #6EE356

split-complementary

#56B4E3 #E3566E #E3CC56

monochromatic

#1B76A4 #249CD8 #56B4E3 #8BCBEC #BFE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#56B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4E3

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4E3	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caec',
    500: '#56b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4e3;
$custom-light: #92caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73183,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4E3

secondary

#E5C2B0

accent

#5212D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4E3

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

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