#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
RGBrgb(86, 183, 224)
HSLhsl(198, 69%, 61%)
HSVhsv(198, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(70.33, -16.42, -29.07)
CIE-LCHlch(70.33, 33.39, 240.54°)
OKLaboklab(73.74% -0.0716 -0.0812)
OKLCHoklch(73.74% 0.108 228.6)
XYZxyz(34.2205, 41.2238, 76.6601)
Luminance0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##56B7E01.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

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

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#56B7E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva