#56A5E8#56A5E8

#56A5E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5E8
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 28.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -4.09, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 41.13, 264.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0503 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.126 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8530, 34.7118, 81.3497)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5E8 #E89956

analogous

#56E8E2 #56A5E8 #565CE8

triadic

#56A5E8 #E856A5 #A5E856

tetradic

#56A5E8 #E256E8 #E89956 #5CE856

square

#56A5E8 #E256E8 #E89956 #5CE856

split-complementary

#56A5E8 #E8565C #E8E256

monochromatic

#1768AC #2088E1 #56A5E8 #8CC2EF #C2DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#56A5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#56A5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5E8

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5E8	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7499E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfef',
    500: '#56a5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5e8;
$custom-light: #92bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.534,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70035,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5E8

secondary

#E8CBB2

accent

#6A0DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5E8

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

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