#56B4E5#56B4E5

#56B4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4E5
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -13.28, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 35.42, 247.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0667 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.114 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2964, 40.2746, 80.0799)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4E5 #E58756

analogous

#56E5CE #56B4E5 #566DE5

triadic

#56B4E5 #E556B4 #B4E556

tetradic

#56B4E5 #CE56E5 #E58756 #6DE556

square

#56B4E5 #CE56E5 #E58756 #6DE556

split-complementary

#56B4E5 #E5566D #E5CE56

monochromatic

#1A77A7 #229CDC #56B4E5 #8BCCED #C0E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56B4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#56B4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4E5

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4E5	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)

#9CB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93caed',
    500: '#56b4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4e5;
$custom-light: #93caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.559,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4E5

secondary

#E6C3B1

accent

#5410D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4E5

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

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