#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
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -6.03, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 38.51, 260.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0521 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.119 244)
XYZ	xyz(31.0152, 34.3767, 76.9376)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##56A5E2	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#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

Preview with #56A5E2

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

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