#56A3ED#56A3ED

#56A3ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.133 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3ED
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 237)
HSL	hsl(209, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -1.33, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 44.21, 268.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0468 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.133 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2154, 34.2841, 85.0241)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3ED #EDA056

analogous

#56EDEC #56A3ED #5657ED

triadic

#56A3ED #ED56A3 #A3ED56

tetradic

#56A3ED #EC56ED #EDA056 #57ED56

square

#56A3ED #EC56ED #EDA056 #57ED56

split-complementary

#56A3ED #ED5657 #EDEC56

monochromatic

#1366B5 #1F85E7 #56A3ED #8DC1F3 #C5DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#56A3ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#56A3ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3ED

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3ED	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E98EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.133 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bef3',
    500: '#56a3ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3ed;
$custom-light: #93bef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.404,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69845,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3ED

secondary

#EACFB4

accent

#7108DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3ED

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

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