#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
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -12.65, -33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 36.09, 249.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.066 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.115 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5773, 40.3870, 81.5590)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##56B4E7	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56B4E7

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

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