#56A5EF#56A5EF

#56A5EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.134 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5EF
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -1.81, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 44.30, 267.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0483 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.134 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8671, 35.1174, 86.6908)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5EF #EFA056

analogous

#56EFED #56A5EF #5658EF

triadic

#56A5EF #EF56A5 #A5EF56

tetradic

#56A5EF #ED56EF #EFA056 #58EF56

square

#56A5EF #ED56EF #EFA056 #58EF56

split-complementary

#56A5EF #EF5658 #EFED56

monochromatic

#1268B9 #1E87EA #56A5EF #8EC3F4 #C6E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#56A5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#56A5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5EF

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5EF	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7099EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.134 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bff4',
    500: '#56a5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5ef;
$custom-light: #93bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.02,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5EF

secondary

#EBD0B5

accent

#6F06DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5EF

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