#56B5E4#56B5E4

#56B5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5E4
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -14.13, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 34.89, 246.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0681 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.112 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3598, 40.6241, 79.4142)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5E4 #E48556

analogous

#56E4CC #56B5E4 #566EE4

triadic

#56B5E4 #E456B5 #B5E456

tetradic

#56B5E4 #CC56E4 #E48556 #6EE456

square

#56B5E4 #CC56E4 #E48556 #6EE456

split-complementary

#56B5E4 #E4566E #E4CC56

monochromatic

#1A77A5 #239DDA #56B5E4 #8BCCEC #C0E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#56B5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#56B5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5E4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5E4	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbec',
    500: '#56b5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5e4;
$custom-light: #92cbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.859,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73456,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5E4

secondary

#E5C2B0

accent

#5211D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5E4

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

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