#56B7EC#56B7EC

#56B7EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7EC
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -12.69, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 37.12, 250.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0674 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.119 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9057, 41.8979, 85.5354)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7EC #EC8B56

analogous

#56ECD6 #56B7EC #566CEC

triadic

#56B7EC #EC56B7 #B7EC56

tetradic

#56B7EC #D656EC #EC8B56 #6CEC56

square

#56B7EC #D656EC #EC8B56 #6CEC56

split-complementary

#56B7EC #EC566C #ECD656

monochromatic

#147BB3 #1FA0E6 #56B7EC #8DCEF2 #C4E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#56B7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#56B7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7EC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7EC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ccf2',
    500: '#56b7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7ec;
$custom-light: #94ccf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74267,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7EC

secondary

#EAC7B4

accent

#5409DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7EC

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

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