#56A3E8#56A3E8

#56A3E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3E8
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 29.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -2.97, -41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 41.91, 265.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0482 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.127 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4950, 33.9959, 81.2304)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3E8 #E89B56

analogous

#56E8E4 #56A3E8 #565AE8

triadic

#56A3E8 #E856A3 #A3E856

tetradic

#56A3E8 #E456E8 #E89B56 #5AE856

square

#56A3E8 #E456E8 #E89B56 #5AE856

split-complementary

#56A3E8 #E8565A #E8E456

monochromatic

#1766AC #2086E1 #56A3E8 #8CC0EF #C2DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56A3E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#56A3E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3E8

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3E8	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7197E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beef',
    500: '#56a3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3e8;
$custom-light: #92beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.356,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6959,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3E8

secondary

#E8CBB2

accent

#6D0DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3E8

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

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