#56A6E8#56A6E8

#56A6E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6E8
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 232)
HSL	hsl(207, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -4.65, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 40.75, 263.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0513 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.125 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0340, 35.0739, 81.4100)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6E8 #E89856

analogous

#56E8E1 #56A6E8 #565DE8

triadic

#56A6E8 #E856A6 #A6E856

tetradic

#56A6E8 #E156E8 #E89856 #5DE856

square

#56A6E8 #E156E8 #E89856 #5DE856

split-complementary

#56A6E8 #E8565D #E8E156

monochromatic

#1769AC #208AE1 #56A6E8 #8CC2EF #C2DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#56A6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#56A6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6E8

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6E8	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)

#89A8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7599E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c0ef',
    500: '#56a6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6e8;
$custom-light: #92c0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.123,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70258,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6E8

secondary

#E8CAB2

accent

#690DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6E8

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

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