#56A8E6#56A8E6

#56A8E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.121 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8E6
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -6.42, -38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 39.16, 260.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.054 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.121 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1180, 35.6937, 80.0445)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8E6 #E69456

analogous

#56E6DC #56A8E6 #5660E6

triadic

#56A8E6 #E656A8 #A8E656

tetradic

#56A8E6 #DC56E6 #E69456 #60E656

square

#56A8E6 #DC56E6 #E69456 #60E656

split-complementary

#56A8E6 #E65660 #E6DC56

monochromatic

#196BA9 #218DDE #56A8E6 #8BC3EE #C1DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#56A8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#56A8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8E6

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8E6	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799BE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.121 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1ee',
    500: '#56a8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8e6;
$custom-light: #92c1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.833,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8E6

secondary

#E6C8B1

accent

#650FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8E6

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

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