#56A2E7#56A2E7

#56A2E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2E7
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 29.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -2.73, -41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 41.86, 266.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0475 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.127 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1766, 33.5856, 80.4255)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2E7 #E79B56

analogous

#56E7E4 #56A2E7 #5659E7

triadic

#56A2E7 #E756A2 #A2E756

tetradic

#56A2E7 #E456E7 #E79B56 #59E756

square

#56A2E7 #E456E7 #E79B56 #59E756

split-complementary

#56A2E7 #E75659 #E7E456

monochromatic

#1865AA #2085DF #56A2E7 #8CBFEF #C1DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#56A2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#56A2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2E7

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2E7	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7096E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bdef',
    500: '#56a2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2e7;
$custom-light: #92bdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.552,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69318,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2E7

secondary

#E7CBB2

accent

#6E0ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2E7

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

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