#56A6E4#56A6E4

#56A6E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.121 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6E4
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 228)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -5.95, -38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 39.01, 261.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0525 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.121 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4723, 34.8492, 78.4517)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6E4 #E49456

analogous

#56E4DB #56A6E4 #565FE4

triadic

#56A6E4 #E456A6 #A6E456

tetradic

#56A6E4 #DB56E4 #E49456 #5FE456

square

#56A6E4 #DB56E4 #E49456 #5FE456

split-complementary

#56A6E4 #E4565F #E4DB56

monochromatic

#1A69A5 #238ADA #56A6E4 #8BC2EC #C0DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#56A6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#56A6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6E4

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6E4	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7799E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.121 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c0ec',
    500: '#56a6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6e4;
$custom-light: #92c0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.197,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70062,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6E4

secondary

#E5C8B0

accent

#6611D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6E4

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

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