#56B7E0#56B7E0

#56B7E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7E0
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 224)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -16.42, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 33.39, 240.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0716 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.108 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2205, 41.2238, 76.6601)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7E0 #E07F56

analogous

#56E0C4 #56B7E0 #5672E0

triadic

#56B7E0 #E056B7 #B7E056

tetradic

#56B7E0 #C456E0 #E07F56 #72E056

square

#56B7E0 #C456E0 #E07F56 #72E056

split-complementary

#56B7E0 #E05672 #E0C456

monochromatic

#1D789F #279FD2 #56B7E0 #8ACDE9 #BDE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#56B7E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#56B7E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7E0

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7E0	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B4E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cce9',
    500: '#56b7e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7e0;
$custom-light: #92cce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7374,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7E0

secondary

#E3BEAF

accent

#4D15D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7E0

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

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