#56A2E5#56A2E5

#56A2E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2E5
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 229)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -3.38, -40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 40.95, 265.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0481 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.125 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8957, 33.4732, 78.9463)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2E5 #E59956

analogous

#56E5E1 #56A2E5 #565BE5

triadic

#56A2E5 #E556A2 #A2E556

tetradic

#56A2E5 #E156E5 #E59956 #5BE556

square

#56A2E5 #E156E5 #E59956 #5BE556

split-complementary

#56A2E5 #E5565B #E5E156

monochromatic

#1A65A7 #2285DC #56A2E5 #8BBFED #C0DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#56A2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#56A2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2E5

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2E5	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7196E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bded',
    500: '#56a2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2e5;
$custom-light: #92bded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.112,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2E5

secondary

#E6CAB1

accent

#6D10D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2E5

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

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