#56A4E8#56A4E8

#56A4E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.127 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4E8
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -3.53, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 41.51, 265.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0493 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.127 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6733, 34.3524, 81.2898)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4E8 #E89A56

analogous

#56E8E3 #56A4E8 #565BE8

triadic

#56A4E8 #E856A4 #A4E856

tetradic

#56A4E8 #E356E8 #E89A56 #5BE856

square

#56A4E8 #E356E8 #E89A56 #5BE856

split-complementary

#56A4E8 #E8565B #E8E356

monochromatic

#1767AC #2087E1 #56A4E8 #8CC1EF #C2DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#56A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#56A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E8

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4E8	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7298E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.127 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92beef',
    500: '#56a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4e8;
$custom-light: #92beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.945,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69812,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4E8

secondary

#E8CBB2

accent

#6C0DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4E8

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

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