#56A6E9#56A6E9

#56A6E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6E9
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -4.33, -40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 41.19, 263.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.051 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.126 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1765, 35.1309, 82.1602)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6E9 #E99956

analogous

#56E9E2 #56A6E9 #565DE9

triadic

#56A6E9 #E956A6 #A6E956

tetradic

#56A6E9 #E256E9 #E99956 #5DE956

square

#56A6E9 #E256E9 #E99956 #5DE956

split-complementary

#56A6E9 #E9565D #E9E256

monochromatic

#1769AE #2089E2 #56A6E9 #8CC3F0 #C2DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#56A6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#56A6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6E9

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6E9	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c0f0',
    500: '#56a6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6e9;
$custom-light: #93c0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.347,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6E9

secondary

#E8CBB3

accent

#6A0CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6E9

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

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