#56B7E5#56B7E5

#56B7E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7E5
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -14.88, -31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 34.84, 244.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0698 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.112 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9086, 41.4990, 80.2840)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7E5 #E58456

analogous

#56E5CC #56B7E5 #5670E5

triadic

#56B7E5 #E556B7 #B7E556

tetradic

#56B7E5 #CC56E5 #E58456 #70E556

square

#56B7E5 #CC56E5 #E58456 #70E556

split-complementary

#56B7E5 #E55670 #E5CC56

monochromatic

#1A79A7 #22A0DC #56B7E5 #8BCEED #C0E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#56B7E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#56B7E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7E5

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7E5	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cced',
    500: '#56b7e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7e5;
$custom-light: #93cced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.301,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73956,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7E5

secondary

#E6C2B1

accent

#5010D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7E5

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

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