#56B4EC#56B4EC

#56B4EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.120 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B4EC
RGBrgb(86, 180, 236)
HSLhsl(202, 80%, 63%)
HSVhsv(202, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.95, -11.08, -36.21)
CIE-LCHlch(69.95, 37.87, 252.99°)
OKLaboklab(73.59% -0.0643 -0.1017)
OKLCHoklch(73.59% 0.12 237.7)
XYZxyz(35.2935, 40.6735, 85.3314)
Luminance0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B4EC #EC8E56
analogous
#56ECD9 #56B4EC #5669EC
triadic
#56B4EC #EC56B4 #B4EC56
tetradic
#56B4EC #D956EC #EC8E56 #69EC56
square
#56B4EC #D956EC #EC8E56 #69EC56
split-complementary
#56B4EC #EC5669 #ECD956
monochromatic
#1478B3 #1F9CE6 #56B4EC #8DCCF2 #C4E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#56B4EC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14
#56B4EC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4EC
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B4EC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B4EC1.002.309.149.14
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1421.001.001.00
##0000009.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AB3EF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A4EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.120 237.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93caf2',
    500: '#56b4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b4ec;
$custom-light: #93caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73589,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B4EC
secondary
#EAC8B4
accent
#5809DC
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

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#56B4EC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva