#56A0EE#56A0EE

#56A0EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.137 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0EE
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 238)
HSL	hsl(211, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 32.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 0.71, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 45.99, 270.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0435 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.137 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8355, 33.2900, 85.6202)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0EE #EEA456

analogous

#56ECEE #56A0EE #5856EE

triadic

#56A0EE #EE56A0 #A0EE56

tetradic

#56A0EE #EE56EC #EEA456 #56EE58

square

#56A0EE #EE56EC #EEA456 #56EE58

split-complementary

#56A0EE #EE5856 #ECEE56

monochromatic

#1263B7 #1E81E8 #56A0EE #8EBFF4 #C5DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#56A0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#56A0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0EE

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0EE	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6996EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.137 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bbf4',
    500: '#56a0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0ee;
$custom-light: #93bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.789,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69238,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0EE

secondary

#EBD1B5

accent

#7607DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0EE

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

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