#56A4E6#56A4E6

#56A4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.124 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4E6
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -4.18, -40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 40.62, 264.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0498 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.124 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3908, 34.2394, 79.8021)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4E6 #E69856

analogous

#56E6E0 #56A4E6 #565CE6

triadic

#56A4E6 #E656A4 #A4E656

tetradic

#56A4E6 #E056E6 #E69856 #5CE656

square

#56A4E6 #E056E6 #E69856 #5CE656

split-complementary

#56A4E6 #E6565C #E6E056

monochromatic

#1967A9 #2187DE #56A4E6 #8BC1EE #C1DDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#56A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#56A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E6

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4E6	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7498E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.124 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beee',
    500: '#56a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4e6;
$custom-light: #92beee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69713,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4E6

secondary

#E6CAB1

accent

#6A0FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4E6

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

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