#56A3FF#56A3FF

#56A3FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.155 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3FF
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 255)
HSL	hsl(213, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 36.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 4.64, -52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 52.87, 275.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0421 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.155 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9783, 35.3892, 99.5758)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3FF #FFB256

analogous

#56F7FF #56A3FF #5E56FF

triadic

#56A3FF #FF56A3 #A3FF56

tetradic

#56A3FF #FF56F7 #FFB256 #56FF5E

square

#56A3FF #FF56F7 #FFB256 #56FF5E

split-complementary

#56A3FF #FF5E56 #F7FF56

monochromatic

#0064DB #1982FF #56A3FF #93C4FF #D0E6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56A3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#56A3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3FF

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3FF	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6299FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.155 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96bdff',
    500: '#56a3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3ff;
$custom-light: #96bdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.663,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70803,
    "c": 0.15546,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3FF

secondary

#F3DBBD

accent

#7D00E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F3F6FF

border

#CDD0D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3FF

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

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