#56A5EB#56A5EB

#56A5EB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5EB
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(208, 79%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -3.12, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 42.47, 265.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0494 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.129 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2827, 34.8837, 83.6131)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5EB #EB9C56

analogous

#56EBE7 #56A5EB #565AEB

triadic

#56A5EB #EB56A5 #A5EB56

tetradic

#56A5EB #E756EB #EB9C56 #5AEB56

square

#56A5EB #E756EB #EB9C56 #5AEB56

split-complementary

#56A5EB #EB565A #EBE756

monochromatic

#1568B2 #1F88E5 #56A5EB #8DC2F1 #C3DFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#56A5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#56A5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5EB

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5EB	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7299EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bff1',
    500: '#56a5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5eb;
$custom-light: #93bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.188,
    "s": 78.836,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70185,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5EB

secondary

#E9CDB4

accent

#6C0ADB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5EB

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

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