#56A5E9#56A5E9

#56A5E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.127 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5E9
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 29.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -3.77, -41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 41.57, 264.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.05 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.127 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9954, 34.7687, 82.0999)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5E9 #E99A56

analogous

#56E9E3 #56A5E9 #565CE9

triadic

#56A5E9 #E956A5 #A5E956

tetradic

#56A5E9 #E356E9 #E99A56 #5CE956

square

#56A5E9 #E356E9 #E99A56 #5CE956

split-complementary

#56A5E9 #E9565C #E9E356

monochromatic

#1768AE #2088E2 #56A5E9 #8CC2F0 #C2DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#56A5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#56A5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5E9

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5E9	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.127 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bff0',
    500: '#56a5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5e9;
$custom-light: #93bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.755,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70085,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5E9

secondary

#E8CBB3

accent

#6B0CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5E9

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

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