#56A5E2#56A5E2

#56A5E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A5E2
RGBrgb(86, 165, 226)
HSLhsl(206, 71%, 61%)
HSVhsv(206, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(61.9%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.26, -6.03, -38.03)
CIE-LCHlch(65.26, 38.51, 260.99°)
OKLaboklab(69.74% -0.0521 -0.107)
OKLCHoklch(69.74% 0.119 244)
XYZxyz(31.0152, 34.3767, 76.9376)
Luminance0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A5E2 #E29356
analogous
#56E2D9 #56A5E2 #565FE2
triadic
#56A5E2 #E256A5 #A5E256
tetradic
#56A5E2 #D956E2 #E29356 #5FE256
square
#56A5E2 #D956E2 #E29356 #5FE256
split-complementary
#56A5E2 #E2565F #E2D956
monochromatic
#1C67A2 #2589D6 #56A5E2 #8AC1EB #BEDDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#56A5E2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88
#56A5E2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5E2
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A5E2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A5E21.002.677.887.88
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8AA6E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7798E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 244.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfeb',
    500: '#56a5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a5e2;
$custom-light: #92bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69741,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.3438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A5E2
secondary
#E4C7B0
accent
#6613D3
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#56A5E2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva