#56B6E4#56B6E4

#56B6E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6E4
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -14.66, -31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 34.71, 245.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0691 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.112 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5638, 41.0323, 79.4822)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6E4 #E48456

analogous

#56E4CB #56B6E4 #566FE4

triadic

#56B6E4 #E456B6 #B6E456

tetradic

#56B6E4 #CB56E4 #E48456 #6FE456

square

#56B6E4 #CB56E4 #E48456 #6FE456

split-complementary

#56B6E4 #E4566F #E4CB56

monochromatic

#1A78A5 #239FDA #56B6E4 #8BCDEC #C0E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#56B6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#56B6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6E4

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6E4	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbec',
    500: '#56b6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6e4;
$custom-light: #93cbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.437,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73684,
    "c": 0.1119,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6E4

secondary

#E5C2B0

accent

#5011D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6E4

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

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