#56B7EF#56B7EF

#56B7EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.122 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B7EF
RGB	rgb(86, 183, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 23.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -11.75, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 38.18, 252.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0664 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.122 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3452, 42.0737, 87.8502)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B7EF #EF8E56

analogous

#56EFDB #56B7EF #566AEF

triadic

#56B7EF #EF56B7 #B7EF56

tetradic

#56B7EF #DB56EF #EF8E56 #6AEF56

square

#56B7EF #DB56EF #EF8E56 #6AEF56

split-complementary

#56B7EF #EF566A #EFDB56

monochromatic

#127CB9 #1E9FEA #56B7EF #8ECFF4 #C6E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56B7EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#56B7EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B7EF

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B7EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B7EF	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b7ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 183, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.122 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ccf4',
    500: '#56b7ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b7ef;
$custom-light: #94ccf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b7ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.961,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74403,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B7EF

secondary

#EBC9B5

accent

#5606DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B7EF

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

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