#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
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(207, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -4.74, -39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 40.24, 263.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0509 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.124 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5705, 34.5988, 79.8620)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

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
##56A5E6	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56A5E6

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

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