#56A2E2#56A2E2

#56A2E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.121 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2E2
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -4.35, -39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 39.60, 263.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.049 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.121 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4805, 33.3071, 76.7594)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2E2 #E29656

analogous

#56E2DC #56A2E2 #565CE2

triadic

#56A2E2 #E256A2 #A2E256

tetradic

#56A2E2 #DC56E2 #E29656 #5CE256

square

#56A2E2 #DC56E2 #E29656 #5CE256

split-complementary

#56A2E2 #E2565C #E2DC56

monochromatic

#1C65A2 #2585D6 #56A2E2 #8ABFEB #BEDBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#56A2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#56A2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2E2

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2E2	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)

#86A4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.121 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bdeb',
    500: '#56a2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2e2;
$custom-light: #92bdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.429,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69069,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2E2

secondary

#E4C8B0

accent

#6B13D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2E2

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

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