#56A5E6#56A5E6

#56A5E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.124 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A5E6
RGBrgb(86, 165, 230)
HSLhsl(207, 74%, 62%)
HSVhsv(207, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.44, -4.74, -39.96)
CIE-LCHlch(65.44, 40.24, 263.23°)
OKLaboklab(69.94% -0.0509 -0.1126)
OKLCHoklch(69.94% 0.124 245.7)
XYZxyz(31.5705, 34.5988, 79.8620)
Luminance0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A5E6 #E69756
analogous
#56E6DF #56A5E6 #565DE6
triadic
#56A5E6 #E656A5 #A5E656
tetradic
#56A5E6 #DF56E6 #E69756 #5DE656
square
#56A5E6 #DF56E6 #E69756 #5DE656
split-complementary
#56A5E6 #E6565D #E6DF56
monochromatic
#1968A9 #2189DE #56A5E6 #8BC1EE #C1DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#56A5E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92
#56A5E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5E6
7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A5E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A5E61.002.657.927.92
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9221.001.001.00
##0000007.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88A7E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7599E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.124 245.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfee',
    500: '#56a5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a5e6;
$custom-light: #92bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.083,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69936,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A5E6
secondary
#E6C9B1
accent
#690FD6
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#56A5E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva