#56A6E5#56A6E5

#56A6E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6E5
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 27.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -5.62, -39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 39.44, 261.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0522 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.122 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6115, 34.9049, 79.1849)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6E5 #E59556

analogous

#56E5DD #56A6E5 #565FE5

triadic

#56A6E5 #E556A6 #A6E556

tetradic

#56A6E5 #DD56E5 #E59556 #5FE556

square

#56A6E5 #DD56E5 #E59556 #5FE556

split-complementary

#56A6E5 #E5565F #E5DD56

monochromatic

#1A69A7 #228ADC #56A6E5 #8BC2ED #C0DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#56A6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#56A6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6E5

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6E5	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7799E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c0ed',
    500: '#56a6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6e5;
$custom-light: #92c0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.434,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6E5

secondary

#E6C8B1

accent

#6710D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6E5

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

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