#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
RGBrgb(86, 183, 238)
HSLhsl(202, 82%, 64%)
HSVhsv(202, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.88, -12.06, -35.85)
CIE-LCHlch(70.88, 37.82, 251.40°)
OKLaboklab(74.36% -0.0667 -0.1006)
OKLCHoklch(74.36% 0.121 236.4)
XYZxyz(36.1979, 42.0147, 87.0743)
Luminance0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##56B7EE1.002.239.409.40
#FFFFFF2.231.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4021.001.001.00
##0000009.4021.001.001.00

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

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#56B7EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva