#56B6EF#56B6EF

#56B6EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.122 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6EF
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 23.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -11.21, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 38.44, 253.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0654 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.122 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1397, 41.6626, 87.7817)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6EF #EF8F56

analogous

#56EFDB #56B6EF #5669EF

triadic

#56B6EF #EF56B6 #B6EF56

tetradic

#56B6EF #DB56EF #EF8F56 #69EF56

square

#56B6EF #DB56EF #EF8F56 #69EF56

split-complementary

#56B6EF #EF5669 #EFDB56

monochromatic

#127BB9 #1E9EEA #56B6EF #8ECEF4 #C6E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56B6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#56B6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6EF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6EF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.122 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbf4',
    500: '#56b6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6ef;
$custom-light: #94cbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.353,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74178,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6EF

secondary

#EBCAB5

accent

#5706DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6EF

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

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