#56A4E9#56A4E9

#56A4E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4E9
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -3.21, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 41.97, 265.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.049 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.128 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8157, 34.4094, 82.0400)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4E9 #E99B56

analogous

#56E9E4 #56A4E9 #565BE9

triadic

#56A4E9 #E956A4 #A4E956

tetradic

#56A4E9 #E456E9 #E99B56 #5BE956

square

#56A4E9 #E456E9 #E99B56 #5BE956

split-complementary

#56A4E9 #E9565B #E9E456

monochromatic

#1767AE #2087E2 #56A4E9 #8CC1F0 #C2DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#56A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E9

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4E9	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7298E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bef0',
    500: '#56a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4e9;
$custom-light: #93bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69863,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4E9

secondary

#E8CCB3

accent

#6C0CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4E9

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

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