#56A6E6#56A6E6
#56A6E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.123 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #56A6E6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(86, 166, 230) |
| HSL | hsl(207, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(207, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(62.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.72, -5.30, -39.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.72, 39.87, 262.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.16% -0.0519 -0.1113) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.16% 0.123 245) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.7516, 34.9609, 79.9224) |
| Luminance | 0.3496 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | cyan |
Closest named colors
Azure (survey)
#069AF3
ΔE00 4.63
Sky Blue (survey)
#75BBFD
ΔE00 6.37
Dodgerblue
#1E90FF
ΔE00 7.39
Dark Sky Blue
#448EE4
ΔE00 7.82
Cornflowerblue
#6495ED
ΔE00 7.86
Carolina Blue
#8AB8FE
ΔE00 8.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#56A6E6 #E69656
analogous
#56E6DE #56A6E6 #565EE6
triadic
#56A6E6 #E656A6 #A6E656
tetradic
#56A6E6 #DE56E6 #E69656 #5EE656
square
#56A6E6 #DE56E6 #E69656 #5EE656
split-complementary
#56A6E6 #E6565E #E6DE56
monochromatic
#1969A9 #218ADE #56A6E6 #8BC2EE #C1DEF6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.63
#56A6E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.99
#56A6E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #56A6E6
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##56A6E6 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##56A6E6 | 1.00 | 2.63 | 7.99 | 7.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.63 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8AA7E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7699E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #56a6e6; /* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 230); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.123 245.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#92c0ee',
500: '#56a6e6',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #56a6e6; $custom-light: #92c0ee; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#56a6e6",
"rgb": {
"r": 86,
"g": 166,
"b": 230
},
"hsl": {
"h": 206.667,
"s": 74.227,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70159,
"c": 0.12283,
"h": 245
},
"luminance": 0.34964
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#56A6E6
secondary
#E6C9B1
accent
#680FD6
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184