#56A0EF#56A0EF

#56A0EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.139 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0EF
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 33.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 1.04, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 46.48, 271.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0433 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.139 251.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9828, 33.3489, 86.3961)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0EF #EFA556

analogous

#56EDEF #56A0EF #5856EF

triadic

#56A0EF #EF56A0 #A0EF56

tetradic

#56A0EF #EF56ED #EFA556 #56EF58

square

#56A0EF #EF56ED #EFA556 #56EF58

split-complementary

#56A0EF #EF5856 #EDEF56

monochromatic

#1263B9 #1E81EA #56A0EF #8EBFF4 #C6DFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#56A0EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#56A0EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0EF

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0EF	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7EA4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6996ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.139 251.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bbf4',
    500: '#56a0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0ef;
$custom-light: #93bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.98,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69291,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0EF

secondary

#EBD1B5

accent

#7606DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0EF

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

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