#56A8E4#56A8E4

#56A8E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8E4
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -7.06, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 38.32, 259.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0546 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.119 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8387, 35.5820, 78.5739)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8E4 #E49256

analogous

#56E4D9 #56A8E4 #5661E4

triadic

#56A8E4 #E456A8 #A8E456

tetradic

#56A8E4 #D956E4 #E49256 #61E456

square

#56A8E4 #D956E4 #E49256 #61E456

split-complementary

#56A8E4 #E45661 #E4D956

monochromatic

#1A6BA5 #238DDA #56A8E4 #8BC3EC #C0DEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56A8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#56A8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8E4

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8E4	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1ec',
    500: '#56a8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8e4;
$custom-light: #92c1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.352,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8E4

secondary

#E5C7B0

accent

#6411D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8E4

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

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