#56B8EC#56B8EC

#56B8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.118 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B8EC
RGB	rgb(86, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -13.23, -34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 36.90, 248.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0684 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.118 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1127, 42.3118, 85.6044)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B8EC #EC8A56

analogous

#56ECD5 #56B8EC #566DEC

triadic

#56B8EC #EC56B8 #B8EC56

tetradic

#56B8EC #D556EC #EC8A56 #6DEC56

square

#56B8EC #D556EC #EC8A56 #6DEC56

split-complementary

#56B8EC #EC566D #ECD556

monochromatic

#147CB3 #1FA1E6 #56B8EC #8DCFF2 #C4E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#56B8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#56B8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B8EC

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B8EC	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.118 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cdf2',
    500: '#56b8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b8ec;
$custom-light: #94cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.8,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B8EC

secondary

#EAC7B4

accent

#5209DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B8EC

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

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