#56A8E7#56A8E7

#56A8E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8E7
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 231)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 27.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -6.09, -39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 39.59, 261.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0537 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.123 244)
XYZ	xyz(32.2588, 35.7500, 80.7862)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8E7 #E79556

analogous

#56E7DE #56A8E7 #5660E7

triadic

#56A8E7 #E756A8 #A8E756

tetradic

#56A8E7 #DE56E7 #E79556 #60E756

square

#56A8E7 #DE56E7 #E79556 #60E756

split-complementary

#56A8E7 #E75660 #E7DE56

monochromatic

#186BAA #208CDF #56A8E7 #8CC4EF #C1DFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#56A8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#56A8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8E7

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8E7	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c1ef',
    500: '#56a8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8e7;
$custom-light: #92c1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.069,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.35753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8E7

secondary

#E7C9B2

accent

#660ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8E7

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

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