#56B7E8#56B7E8

#56B7E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.115 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7E8
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -13.95, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 35.79, 247.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0687 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.115 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3311, 41.6680, 82.5090)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7E8 #E88756

analogous

#56E8D0 #56B7E8 #566EE8

triadic

#56B7E8 #E856B7 #B7E856

tetradic

#56B7E8 #D056E8 #E88756 #6EE856

square

#56B7E8 #D056E8 #E88756 #6EE856

split-complementary

#56B7E8 #E8566E #E8D056

monochromatic

#177AAC #20A0E1 #56B7E8 #8CCEEF #C2E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#56B7E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#56B7E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7E8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7E8	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)

#9FB5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.115 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ccef',
    500: '#56b7e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7e8;
$custom-light: #93ccef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.137,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74088,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7E8

secondary

#E8C4B2

accent

#510DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7E8

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

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