#56A5E7#56A5E7

#56A5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A5E7
RGBrgb(86, 165, 231)
HSLhsl(207, 75%, 62%)
HSVhsv(207, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.48, -4.42, -40.44)
CIE-LCHlch(65.48, 40.68, 263.77°)
OKLaboklab(69.99% -0.0506 -0.114)
OKLCHoklch(69.99% 0.125 246.1)
XYZxyz(31.7113, 34.6551, 80.6037)
Luminance0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A5E7 #E79856
analogous
#56E7E0 #56A5E7 #565DE7
triadic
#56A5E7 #E756A5 #A5E756
tetradic
#56A5E7 #E056E7 #E79856 #5DE756
square
#56A5E7 #E056E7 #E79856 #5DE756
split-complementary
#56A5E7 #E7565D #E7E056
monochromatic
#1868AA #2088DF #56A5E7 #8CC2EF #C1DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65
#56A5E7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93
#56A5E7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5E7
7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A5E7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A5E71.002.657.937.93
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9321.001.001.00
##0000007.9321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88A7EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7499E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 246.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfef',
    500: '#56a5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a5e7;
$custom-light: #92bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.31,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69985,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A5E7
secondary
#E7CAB2
accent
#6A0ED7
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#56A5E7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva