#56A4E3#56A4E3

#56A4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4E3
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -5.15, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 39.30, 262.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0508 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.121 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9732, 34.0724, 77.6025)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4E3 #E39556

analogous

#56E3DC #56A4E3 #565EE3

triadic

#56A4E3 #E356A4 #A4E356

tetradic

#56A4E3 #DC56E3 #E39556 #5EE356

square

#56A4E3 #DC56E3 #E39556 #5EE356

split-complementary

#56A4E3 #E3565E #E3DC56

monochromatic

#1B67A4 #2487D8 #56A4E3 #8BC0EC #BFDDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#56A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E3

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4E3	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7598E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beec',
    500: '#56a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4e3;
$custom-light: #92beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.809,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69565,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4E3

secondary

#E5C8B0

accent

#6812D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4E3

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

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