#56A6EF#56A6EF

#56A6EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.133 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6EF
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 30.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -2.37, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 43.89, 266.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0493 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.133 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0482, 35.4796, 86.7512)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6EF #EF9F56

analogous

#56EFEB #56A6EF #5659EF

triadic

#56A6EF #EF56A6 #A6EF56

tetradic

#56A6EF #EB56EF #EF9F56 #59EF56

square

#56A6EF #EB56EF #EF9F56 #59EF56

split-complementary

#56A6EF #EF5659 #EFEB56

monochromatic

#1269B9 #1E89EA #56A6EF #8EC3F4 #C6E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56A6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#56A6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6EF

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6EF	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A9F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#719AEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.133 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c0f4',
    500: '#56a6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6ef;
$custom-light: #93c0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.627,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70608,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6EF

secondary

#EBCFB5

accent

#6E06DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6EF

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

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