#56A4EE#56A4EE

#56A4EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.134 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4EE
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -1.57, -44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 44.26, 267.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0475 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.134 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5401, 34.6992, 85.8551)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4EE #EEA056

analogous

#56EEEC #56A4EE #5658EE

triadic

#56A4EE #EE56A4 #A4EE56

tetradic

#56A4EE #EC56EE #EEA056 #58EE56

square

#56A4EE #EC56EE #EEA056 #58EE56

split-complementary

#56A4EE #EE5658 #EEEC56

monochromatic

#1267B7 #1E86E8 #56A4EE #8EC2F4 #C5E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#56A4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#56A4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4EE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4EE	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F98ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.134 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bef4',
    500: '#56a4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4ee;
$custom-light: #93bef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.211,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70116,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4EE

secondary

#EBCFB5

accent

#7007DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4EE

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

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