#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
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -4.42, -40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 40.68, 263.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0506 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.125 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7113, 34.6551, 80.6037)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##56A5E7	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56A5E7

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

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