#56B5E8#56B5E8

#56B5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.116 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5E8
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -12.88, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 36.21, 249.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0667 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.116 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9215, 40.8488, 82.3725)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5E8 #E88956

analogous

#56E8D2 #56B5E8 #566CE8

triadic

#56B5E8 #E856B5 #B5E856

tetradic

#56B5E8 #D256E8 #E88956 #6CE856

square

#56B5E8 #D256E8 #E88956 #6CE856

split-complementary

#56B5E8 #E8566C #E8D256

monochromatic

#1778AC #209DE1 #56B5E8 #8CCDEF #C2E4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#56B5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#56B5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5E8

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5E8	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)

#9DB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.116 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbef',
    500: '#56b5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5e8;
$custom-light: #93cbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.959,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5E8

secondary

#E8C5B2

accent

#540DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5E8

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

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