#56B5EC#56B5EC

#56B5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5EC
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -11.62, -35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 37.61, 252.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0653 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.12 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4961, 41.0787, 85.3989)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5EC #EC8D56

analogous

#56ECD8 #56B5EC #566AEC

triadic

#56B5EC #EC56B5 #B5EC56

tetradic

#56B5EC #D856EC #EC8D56 #6AEC56

square

#56B5EC #D856EC #EC8D56 #6AEC56

split-complementary

#56B5EC #EC566A #ECD856

monochromatic

#1479B3 #1F9DE6 #56B5EC #8DCDF2 #C4E5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56B5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#56B5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5EC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5EC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbf2',
    500: '#56b5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5ec;
$custom-light: #93cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73815,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5EC

secondary

#EAC8B4

accent

#5709DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5EC

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

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