#56A4E5#56A4E5

#56A4E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.123 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4E5
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -4.50, -39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 40.18, 263.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0501 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.123 246)
XYZ	xyz(31.2508, 34.1834, 79.0647)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4E5 #E59756

analogous

#56E5DF #56A4E5 #565DE5

triadic

#56A4E5 #E556A4 #A4E556

tetradic

#56A4E5 #DF56E5 #E59756 #5DE556

square

#56A4E5 #DF56E5 #E59756 #5DE556

split-complementary

#56A4E5 #E5565D #E5DF56

monochromatic

#1A67A7 #2287DC #56A4E5 #8BC1ED #C0DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#56A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#56A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E5

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4E5	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.123 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beed',
    500: '#56a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4e5;
$custom-light: #92beed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69663,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.34186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4E5

secondary

#E6C9B1

accent

#6A10D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4E5

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

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