#56A4E1#56A4E1

#56A4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.119 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4E1
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(206, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -5.79, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 38.43, 261.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0514 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.119 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6987, 33.9626, 76.1572)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4E1 #E19356

analogous

#56E1D8 #56A4E1 #565EE1

triadic

#56A4E1 #E156A4 #A4E156

tetradic

#56A4E1 #D856E1 #E19356 #5EE156

square

#56A4E1 #D856E1 #E19356 #5EE156

split-complementary

#56A4E1 #E1565E #E1D856

monochromatic

#1C66A0 #2688D4 #56A4E1 #8AC0EA #BEDCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56A4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#56A4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E1

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4E1	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#89A5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7697E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.119 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beea',
    500: '#56a4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4e1;
$custom-light: #92beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.331,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69468,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4E1

secondary

#E4C6AF

accent

#6714D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4E1

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

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