#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
RGBrgb(86, 165, 235)
HSLhsl(208, 79%, 63%)
HSVhsv(208, 63%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.4%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(65.66, -3.12, -42.36)
CIE-LCHlch(65.66, 42.47, 265.79°)
OKLaboklab(70.19% -0.0494 -0.1196)
OKLCHoklch(70.19% 0.129 247.6)
XYZxyz(32.2827, 34.8837, 83.6131)
Luminance0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##56A5EB1.002.637.987.98
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9821.001.001.00
##0000007.9821.001.001.00

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

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#56A5EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva