#56A0E6#56A0E6

#56A0E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.128 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0E6
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -1.92, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 42.22, 267.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0457 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.128 249)
XYZ	xyz(30.6862, 32.8302, 79.5673)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0E6 #E69C56

analogous

#56E6E4 #56A0E6 #5658E6

triadic

#56A0E6 #E656A0 #A0E656

tetradic

#56A0E6 #E456E6 #E69C56 #58E656

square

#56A0E6 #E456E6 #E69C56 #58E656

split-complementary

#56A0E6 #E65658 #E6E456

monochromatic

#1963A9 #2182DE #56A0E6 #8BBEEE #C1DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#56A0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#56A0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0E6

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0E6	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A3E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E95E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.128 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bbee',
    500: '#56a0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0e6;
$custom-light: #92bbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68824,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.32833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0E6

secondary

#E6CBB1

accent

#700FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0E6

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

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