#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
RGBrgb(86, 166, 232)
HSLhsl(207, 76%, 62%)
HSVhsv(207, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(62.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.81, -4.65, -40.48)
CIE-LCHlch(65.81, 40.75, 263.44°)
OKLaboklab(70.26% -0.0513 -0.1141)
OKLCHoklch(70.26% 0.125 245.8)
XYZxyz(32.0340, 35.0739, 81.4100)
Luminance0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##56A6E81.002.628.028.02
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0221.001.001.00
##0000008.0221.001.001.00

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

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#56A6E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva