#56A2EB#56A2EB

#56A2EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.132 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2EB
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -1.42, -43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 43.70, 268.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0464 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.132 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7479, 33.8141, 83.4348)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2EB #EB9F56

analogous

#56EBE9 #56A2EB #5657EB

triadic

#56A2EB #EB56A2 #A2EB56

tetradic

#56A2EB #E956EB #EB9F56 #57EB56

square

#56A2EB #E956EB #EB9F56 #57EB56

split-complementary

#56A2EB #EB5657 #EBE956

monochromatic

#1565B2 #1F84E5 #56A2EB #8DC0F1 #C3DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56A2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#56A2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2EB

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2EB	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E97EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.132 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bdf2',
    500: '#56a2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2eb;
$custom-light: #93bdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.396,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69522,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2EB

secondary

#E9CEB4

accent

#710ADB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2EB

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

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