#56A2EF#56A2EF

#56A2EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.137 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2EF
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 239)
HSL	hsl(210, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 32.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -0.11, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 45.58, 269.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0453 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.137 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3323, 34.0479, 86.5126)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2EF #EFA356

analogous

#56EFEF #56A2EF #5656EF

triadic

#56A2EF #EF56A2 #A2EF56

tetradic

#56A2EF #EF56EF #EFA356 #56EF56

square

#56A2EF #EF56EF #EFA356 #56EF56

split-complementary

#56A2EF #EF5656 #EFEF56

monochromatic

#1265B9 #1E83EA #56A2EF #8EC1F4 #C6E0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56A2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#56A2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2EF

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2EF	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B97ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.137 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bdf4',
    500: '#56a2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2ef;
$custom-light: #93bdf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.196,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69728,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2EF

secondary

#EBD1B5

accent

#7306DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2EF

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