#56B7EE#56B7EE

#56B7EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.121 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7EE
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -12.06, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 37.82, 251.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0667 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.121 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1979, 42.0147, 87.0743)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7EE #EE8D56

analogous

#56EED9 #56B7EE #566BEE

triadic

#56B7EE #EE56B7 #B7EE56

tetradic

#56B7EE #D956EE #EE8D56 #6BEE56

square

#56B7EE #D956EE #EE8D56 #6BEE56

split-complementary

#56B7EE #EE566B #EED956

monochromatic

#127CB7 #1E9FE8 #56B7EE #8ECFF4 #C5E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56B7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#56B7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7EE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7EE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.121 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ccf3',
    500: '#56b7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7ee;
$custom-light: #94ccf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.711,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74358,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7EE

secondary

#EBC8B5

accent

#5507DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7EE

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

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