#56B6EC#56B6EC

#56B6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6EC
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 236)
HSL	hsl(202, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -12.16, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 37.36, 251.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0664 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.119 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7002, 41.4868, 85.4669)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6EC #EC8C56

analogous

#56ECD7 #56B6EC #566BEC

triadic

#56B6EC #EC56B6 #B6EC56

tetradic

#56B6EC #D756EC #EC8C56 #6BEC56

square

#56B6EC #D756EC #EC8C56 #6BEC56

split-complementary

#56B6EC #EC566B #ECD756

monochromatic

#147AB3 #1F9EE6 #56B6EC #8DCEF2 #C4E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#56B6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#56B6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6EC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6EC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbf2',
    500: '#56b6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6ec;
$custom-light: #93cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6EC

secondary

#EAC7B4

accent

#5509DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6EC

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

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