#56A5EE#56A5EE

#56A5EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.133 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5EE
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -2.14, -43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 43.84, 267.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0485 -0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.133 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7198, 35.0585, 85.9150)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5EE #EE9F56

analogous

#56EEEB #56A5EE #5659EE

triadic

#56A5EE #EE56A5 #A5EE56

tetradic

#56A5EE #EB56EE #EE9F56 #59EE56

square

#56A5EE #EB56EE #EE9F56 #59EE56

split-complementary

#56A5EE #EE5659 #EEEB56

monochromatic

#1268B7 #1E87E8 #56A5EE #8EC3F4 #C5E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#56A5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#56A5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5EE

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5EE	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7099ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.133 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bff4',
    500: '#56a5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5ee;
$custom-light: #93bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.816,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70337,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5EE

secondary

#EBCFB5

accent

#6F07DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5EE

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

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