#56A5ED#56A5ED

#56A5ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.132 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5ED
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 237)
HSL	hsl(209, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -2.46, -43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 43.38, 266.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0488 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.132 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5733, 34.9999, 85.1434)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5ED #ED9E56

analogous

#56EDE9 #56A5ED #5659ED

triadic

#56A5ED #ED56A5 #A5ED56

tetradic

#56A5ED #E956ED #ED9E56 #59ED56

square

#56A5ED #E956ED #ED9E56 #59ED56

split-complementary

#56A5ED #ED5659 #EDE956

monochromatic

#1368B5 #1F88E7 #56A5ED #8DC2F3 #C5E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#56A5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#56A5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5ED

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5ED	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7199EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.132 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bff3',
    500: '#56a5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5ed;
$custom-light: #93bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.609,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70286,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5ED

secondary

#EACEB4

accent

#6E08DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5ED

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

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