#56B6EE#56B6EE

#56B6EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6EE
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -11.52, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 38.07, 252.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0657 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.121 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9924, 41.6037, 87.0058)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6EE #EE8E56

analogous

#56EEDA #56B6EE #566AEE

triadic

#56B6EE #EE56B6 #B6EE56

tetradic

#56B6EE #DA56EE #EE8E56 #6AEE56

square

#56B6EE #DA56EE #EE8E56 #6AEE56

split-complementary

#56B6EE #EE566A #EEDA56

monochromatic

#127AB7 #1E9EE8 #56B6EE #8ECEF4 #C5E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56B6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#56B6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6EE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6EE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbf3',
    500: '#56b6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6ee;
$custom-light: #94cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6EE

secondary

#EBC9B5

accent

#5707DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6EE

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

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