#56B5E2#56B5E2

#56B5E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5E2
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 19.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -14.75, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 34.27, 244.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0688 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.111 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0838, 40.5137, 77.9605)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5E2 #E28356

analogous

#56E2C9 #56B5E2 #566FE2

triadic

#56B5E2 #E256B5 #B5E256

tetradic

#56B5E2 #C956E2 #E28356 #6FE256

square

#56B5E2 #C956E2 #E28356 #6FE256

split-complementary

#56B5E2 #E2566F #E2C956

monochromatic

#1C77A2 #259DD6 #56B5E2 #8ACCEB #BEE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#56B5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#56B5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5E2

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5E2	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbeb',
    500: '#56b5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5e2;
$custom-light: #92cbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73368,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5E2

secondary

#E4C1B0

accent

#5013D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5E2

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

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