#56B8E7#56B8E7

#56B8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.114 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8E7
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -14.79, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 35.28, 245.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0701 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.114 232)
XYZ	xyz(35.3964, 42.0253, 81.8321)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8E7 #E78556

analogous

#56E7CD #56B8E7 #5670E7

triadic

#56B8E7 #E756B8 #B8E756

tetradic

#56B8E7 #CD56E7 #E78556 #70E756

square

#56B8E7 #CD56E7 #E78556 #70E756

split-complementary

#56B8E7 #E75670 #E7CD56

monochromatic

#187BAA #20A1DF #56B8E7 #8CCFEF #C1E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#56B8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#56B8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8E7

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8E7	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.114 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cdee',
    500: '#56b8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8e7;
$custom-light: #93cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.448,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74272,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.42029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8E7

secondary

#E7C3B2

accent

#4F0ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8E7

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

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