#56A6ED#56A6ED

#56A6ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.131 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6ED
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 237)
HSL	hsl(208, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 30%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -3.03, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 42.98, 265.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0498 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.131 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7544, 35.3620, 85.2037)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6ED #ED9D56

analogous

#56EDE9 #56A6ED #565AED

triadic

#56A6ED #ED56A6 #A6ED56

tetradic

#56A6ED #E956ED #ED9D56 #5AED56

square

#56A6ED #E956ED #ED9D56 #5AED56

split-complementary

#56A6ED #ED565A #EDE956

monochromatic

#1369B5 #1F89E7 #56A6ED #8DC3F3 #C5E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56A6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#56A6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6ED

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6ED	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.131 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c0f3',
    500: '#56a6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6ed;
$custom-light: #93c0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.212,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70507,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6ED

secondary

#EACEB4

accent

#6C08DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6ED

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

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