#56A3E7#56A3E7

#56A3E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.126 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3E7
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 231)
HSL	hsl(208, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 29.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -3.29, -41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 41.46, 265.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0485 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.126 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3534, 33.9393, 80.4844)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3E7 #E79A56

analogous

#56E7E3 #56A3E7 #565BE7

triadic

#56A3E7 #E756A3 #A3E756

tetradic

#56A3E7 #E356E7 #E79A56 #5BE756

square

#56A3E7 #E356E7 #E79A56 #5BE756

split-complementary

#56A3E7 #E7565B #E7E356

monochromatic

#1866AA #2086DF #56A3E7 #8CC0EF #C1DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#56A3E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#56A3E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3E7

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3E7	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.126 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beef',
    500: '#56a3e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3e7;
$custom-light: #92beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.138,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6954,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3E7

secondary

#E7CBB2

accent

#6D0ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3E7

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

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