#56B4E7#56B4E7

#56B4E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.115 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B4E7
RGBrgb(86, 180, 231)
HSLhsl(201, 75%, 62%)
HSVhsv(201, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.74, -12.65, -33.80)
CIE-LCHlch(69.74, 36.09, 249.48°)
OKLaboklab(73.36% -0.066 -0.0947)
OKLCHoklch(73.36% 0.115 235.1)
XYZxyz(34.5773, 40.3870, 81.5590)
Luminance0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B4E7 #E78956
analogous
#56E7D1 #56B4E7 #566CE7
triadic
#56B4E7 #E756B4 #B4E756
tetradic
#56B4E7 #D156E7 #E78956 #6CE756
square
#56B4E7 #D156E7 #E78956 #6CE756
split-complementary
#56B4E7 #E7566C #E7D156
monochromatic
#1877AA #209CDF #56B4E7 #8CCCEF #C1E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#56B4E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08
#56B4E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4E7
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B4E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B4E71.002.319.089.08
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0821.001.001.00
##0000009.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CB3E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A4E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.115 235.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93caee',
    500: '#56b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b4e7;
$custom-light: #93caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.103,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73362,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B4E7
secondary
#E7C5B2
accent
#550ED7
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#56B4E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva