#56A2E9#56A2E9

#56A2E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.129 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2E9
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -2.07, -42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 42.78, 267.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0469 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.129 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4606, 33.6992, 81.9216)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2E9 #E99D56

analogous

#56E9E7 #56A2E9 #5658E9

triadic

#56A2E9 #E956A2 #A2E956

tetradic

#56A2E9 #E756E9 #E99D56 #58E956

square

#56A2E9 #E756E9 #E99D56 #58E956

split-complementary

#56A2E9 #E95658 #E9E756

monochromatic

#1765AE #2084E2 #56A2E9 #8CC0F0 #C2DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56A2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#56A2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2E9

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2E9	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A5EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F97E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.129 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bdf0',
    500: '#56a2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2e9;
$custom-light: #93bdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.98,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69419,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2E9

secondary

#E8CCB3

accent

#6F0CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2E9

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

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