#56A4E4#56A4E4

#56A4E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4E4
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -4.83, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 39.74, 263.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0504 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.122 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1116, 34.1278, 78.3315)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4E4 #E49656

analogous

#56E4DD #56A4E4 #565DE4

triadic

#56A4E4 #E456A4 #A4E456

tetradic

#56A4E4 #DD56E4 #E49656 #5DE456

square

#56A4E4 #DD56E4 #E49656 #5DE456

split-complementary

#56A4E4 #E4565D #E4DD56

monochromatic

#1A67A5 #2387DA #56A4E4 #8BC0EC #C0DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#56A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#56A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E4

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4E4	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7598E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beec',
    500: '#56a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4e4;
$custom-light: #92beec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.042,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69614,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4E4

secondary

#E5C8B0

accent

#6911D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4E4

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

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