#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
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -11.08, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 37.87, 252.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0643 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.12 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2935, 40.6735, 85.3314)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##56B4EC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4EC

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

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