#56A6E7#56A6E7

#56A6E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6E7
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 231)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -4.98, -40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 40.31, 262.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0516 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.124 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8924, 35.0172, 80.6641)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6E7 #E79756

analogous

#56E7E0 #56A6E7 #565DE7

triadic

#56A6E7 #E756A6 #A6E756

tetradic

#56A6E7 #E056E7 #E79756 #5DE756

square

#56A6E7 #E056E7 #E79756 #5DE756

split-complementary

#56A6E7 #E7565D #E7E056

monochromatic

#1869AA #208ADF #56A6E7 #8CC2EF #C1DEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#56A6E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#56A6E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6E7

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6E7	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7699E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c0ef',
    500: '#56a6e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6e7;
$custom-light: #92c0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.897,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70208,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6E7

secondary

#E7CAB2

accent

#680ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6E7

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

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