#56B4E4#56B4E4

#56B4E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4E4
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -13.59, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 35.09, 247.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.067 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.113 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1572, 40.2189, 79.3467)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4E4 #E48656

analogous

#56E4CD #56B4E4 #566DE4

triadic

#56B4E4 #E456B4 #B4E456

tetradic

#56B4E4 #CD56E4 #E48656 #6DE456

square

#56B4E4 #CD56E4 #E48656 #6DE456

split-complementary

#56B4E4 #E4566D #E4CD56

monochromatic

#1A76A5 #239CDA #56B4E4 #8BCBEC #C0E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#56B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4E4

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4E4	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92caec',
    500: '#56b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4e4;
$custom-light: #92caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.282,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4E4

secondary

#E5C2B0

accent

#5311D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4E4

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

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