#56A2E1#56A2E1

#56A2E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2E1
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 225)
HSL	hsl(207, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 28%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -4.67, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 39.16, 263.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0493 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.12 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3436, 33.2524, 76.0388)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2E1 #E19556

analogous

#56E1DA #56A2E1 #565CE1

triadic

#56A2E1 #E156A2 #A2E156

tetradic

#56A2E1 #DA56E1 #E19556 #5CE156

square

#56A2E1 #DA56E1 #E19556 #5CE156

split-complementary

#56A2E1 #E1565C #E1DA56

monochromatic

#1C64A0 #2685D4 #56A2E1 #8ABFEA #BEDBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#56A2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#56A2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2E1

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2E1	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7496E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bdea',
    500: '#56a2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2e1;
$custom-light: #91bdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.194,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69019,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2E1

secondary

#E4C7AF

accent

#6A14D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2E1

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

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