#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
RGBrgb(86, 182, 238)
HSLhsl(202, 82%, 64%)
HSVhsv(202, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.60, -11.52, -36.29)
CIE-LCHlch(70.60, 38.07, 252.38°)
OKLaboklab(74.13% -0.0657 -0.1019)
OKLCHoklch(74.13% 0.121 237.2)
XYZxyz(35.9924, 41.6037, 87.0058)
Luminance0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##56B6EE1.002.259.329.32
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3221.001.001.00
##0000009.3221.001.001.00

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

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#56B6EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva