#56B4EF#56B4EF

#56B4EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.123 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4EF
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 24.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -10.13, -37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 38.99, 254.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0634 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.123 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7330, 40.8493, 87.6462)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4EF #EF9156

analogous

#56EFDD #56B4EF #5667EF

triadic

#56B4EF #EF56B4 #B4EF56

tetradic

#56B4EF #DD56EF #EF9156 #67EF56

square

#56B4EF #DD56EF #EF9156 #67EF56

split-complementary

#56B4EF #EF5667 #EFDD56

monochromatic

#1278B9 #1E9BEA #56B4EF #8ECDF4 #C6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#56B4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#56B4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4EF

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4EF	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.123 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94caf4',
    500: '#56b4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4ef;
$custom-light: #94caf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.137,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4EF

secondary

#EBCAB5

accent

#5A06DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4EF

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

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