#56A4ED#56A4ED

#56A4ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.133 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A4ED
RGBrgb(86, 164, 237)
HSLhsl(209, 81%, 63%)
HSVhsv(209, 64%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 30.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(65.47, -1.90, -43.75)
CIE-LCHlch(65.47, 43.79, 267.51°)
OKLaboklab(70.07% -0.0478 -0.1236)
OKLCHoklch(70.07% 0.133 248.9)
XYZxyz(32.3936, 34.6406, 85.0835)
Luminance0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A4ED #ED9F56
analogous
#56EDEB #56A4ED #5658ED
triadic
#56A4ED #ED56A4 #A4ED56
tetradic
#56A4ED #EB56ED #ED9F56 #58ED56
square
#56A4ED #EB56ED #ED9F56 #58ED56
split-complementary
#56A4ED #ED5658 #EDEB56
monochromatic
#1367B5 #1F86E7 #56A4ED #8DC2F3 #C5E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#56A4ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93
#56A4ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4ED
7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A4ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A4ED1.002.657.937.93
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9321.001.001.00
##0000007.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#84A7F0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7098EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.133 248.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bef3',
    500: '#56a4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a4ed;
$custom-light: #93bef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.007,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70065,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A4ED
secondary
#EACFB4
accent
#6F08DD
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

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#56A4ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva