#56A4E0#56A4E0

#56A4E0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4E0
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 224)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 26.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -6.11, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 38.01, 260.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0517 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.118 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5627, 33.9082, 75.4408)
Luminance	0.3391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4E0 #E09256

analogous

#56E0D7 #56A4E0 #565FE0

triadic

#56A4E0 #E056A4 #A4E056

tetradic

#56A4E0 #D756E0 #E09256 #5FE056

square

#56A4E0 #D756E0 #E09256 #5FE056

split-complementary

#56A4E0 #E0565F #E0D756

monochromatic

#1D669F #2788D2 #56A4E0 #8AC0E9 #BDDCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#56A4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#56A4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E0

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4E0	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91beea',
    500: '#56a4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4e0;
$custom-light: #91beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69419,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4E0

secondary

#E3C5AF

accent

#6615D1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4E0

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

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