#56A0E8#56A0E8

#56A0E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.130 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0E8
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 232)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 31%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -1.26, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 43.15, 268.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.0452 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.13 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9687, 32.9432, 81.0549)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0E8 #E89E56

analogous

#56E8E7 #56A0E8 #5657E8

triadic

#56A0E8 #E856A0 #A0E856

tetradic

#56A0E8 #E756E8 #E89E56 #57E856

square

#56A0E8 #E756E8 #E89E56 #57E856

split-complementary

#56A0E8 #E85657 #E8E756

monochromatic

#1763AC #2082E1 #56A0E8 #8CBEEF #C2DDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#56A0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#56A0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0E8

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0E8	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81A3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D95E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.130 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bbef',
    500: '#56a0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0e8;
$custom-light: #92bbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.589,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68926,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0E8

secondary

#E8CDB2

accent

#710DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0E8

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

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