#56A5E4#56A5E4

#56A5E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5E4
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 228)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -5.39, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 39.37, 262.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0515 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.121 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2913, 34.4871, 78.3914)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5E4 #E49556

analogous

#56E4DC #56A5E4 #565EE4

triadic

#56A5E4 #E456A5 #A5E456

tetradic

#56A5E4 #DC56E4 #E49556 #5EE456

square

#56A5E4 #DC56E4 #E49556 #5EE456

split-complementary

#56A5E4 #E4565E #E4DC56

monochromatic

#1A68A5 #2389DA #56A5E4 #8BC1EC #C0DDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56A5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#56A5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5E4

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5E4	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7698E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfec',
    500: '#56a5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5e4;
$custom-light: #92bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.62,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69838,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5E4

secondary

#E5C8B0

accent

#6811D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5E4

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

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