#56B9EA#56B9EA

#56B9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B9EA
RGB	rgb(86, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -14.39, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 36.03, 246.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0701 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.116 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0322, 42.6132, 84.1522)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B9EA #EA8756

analogous

#56EAD1 #56B9EA #566FEA

triadic

#56B9EA #EA56B9 #B9EA56

tetradic

#56B9EA #D156EA #EA8756 #6FEA56

square

#56B9EA #D156EA #EA8756 #6FEA56

split-complementary

#56B9EA #EA566F #EAD156

monochromatic

#167DB0 #20A2E3 #56B9EA #8CD0F1 #C3E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#56B9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#56B9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B9EA

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B9EA	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cef1',
    500: '#56b9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b9ea;
$custom-light: #93cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.865,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74632,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B9EA

secondary

#E9C5B3

accent

#500BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B9EA

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

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