#56A6EE#56A6EE

#56A6EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.132 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6EE
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 30.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -2.70, -43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 43.43, 266.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0495 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.132 248)
XYZ	xyz(32.9009, 35.4206, 85.9753)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6EE #EE9E56

analogous

#56EEEA #56A6EE #565AEE

triadic

#56A6EE #EE56A6 #A6EE56

tetradic

#56A6EE #EA56EE #EE9E56 #5AEE56

square

#56A6EE #EA56EE #EE9E56 #5AEE56

split-complementary

#56A6EE #EE565A #EEEA56

monochromatic

#1269B7 #1E89E8 #56A6EE #8EC3F4 #C5E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56A6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#56A6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6EE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6EE	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729AED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.132 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c0f4',
    500: '#56a6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6ee;
$custom-light: #93c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.421,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70558,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.35424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6EE

secondary

#EBCEB5

accent

#6D07DE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6EE

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

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