#56A4E2#56A4E2

#56A4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4E2
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(207, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -5.47, -38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 38.86, 261.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0511 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.12 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8356, 34.0173, 76.8777)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4E2 #E29456

analogous

#56E2DA #56A4E2 #565EE2

triadic

#56A4E2 #E256A4 #A4E256

tetradic

#56A4E2 #DA56E2 #E29456 #5EE256

square

#56A4E2 #DA56E2 #E29456 #5EE256

split-complementary

#56A4E2 #E2565E #E2DA56

monochromatic

#1C66A2 #2588D6 #56A4E2 #8AC0EB #BEDCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#56A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E2

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4E2	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)

#89A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beeb',
    500: '#56a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4e2;
$custom-light: #92beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69516,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4E2

secondary

#E4C7B0

accent

#6813D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4E2

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

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