#56B7E4#56B7E4

#56B7E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7E4
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -15.19, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 34.54, 243.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0701 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.112 231)
XYZ	xyz(34.7694, 41.4433, 79.5507)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7E4 #E48356

analogous

#56E4CA #56B7E4 #5670E4

triadic

#56B7E4 #E456B7 #B7E456

tetradic

#56B7E4 #CA56E4 #E48356 #70E456

square

#56B7E4 #CA56E4 #E48356 #70E456

split-complementary

#56B7E4 #E45670 #E4CA56

monochromatic

#1A79A5 #23A0DA #56B7E4 #8BCDEC #C0E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#56B7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#56B7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7E4

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7E4	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ccec',
    500: '#56b7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7e4;
$custom-light: #93ccec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.014,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.41447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7E4

secondary

#E5C1B0

accent

#4F11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7E4

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

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