#56A5EA#56A5EA

#56A5EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.128 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5EA
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(208, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -3.44, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 42.02, 265.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0497 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.128 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1387, 34.8260, 82.8543)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5EA #EA9B56

analogous

#56EAE5 #56A5EA #565BEA

triadic

#56A5EA #EA56A5 #A5EA56

tetradic

#56A5EA #E556EA #EA9B56 #5BEA56

square

#56A5EA #E556EA #EA9B56 #5BEA56

split-complementary

#56A5EA #EA565B #EAE556

monochromatic

#1668B0 #2088E3 #56A5EA #8CC2F1 #C3DFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#56A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#56A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5EA

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5EA	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7399E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.128 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bff1',
    500: '#56a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5ea;
$custom-light: #93bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.973,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5EA

secondary

#E9CCB3

accent

#6C0BDA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5EA

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

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