#56A8E8#56A8E8

#56A8E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8E8
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -5.77, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 40.01, 261.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0533 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.124 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4004, 35.8067, 81.5322)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8E8 #E89656

analogous

#56E8DF #56A8E8 #565FE8

triadic

#56A8E8 #E856A8 #A8E856

tetradic

#56A8E8 #DF56E8 #E89656 #5FE856

square

#56A8E8 #DF56E8 #E89656 #5FE856

split-complementary

#56A8E8 #E8565F #E8DF56

monochromatic

#176BAC #208CE1 #56A8E8 #8CC4EF #C2DFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#56A8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#56A8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8E8

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8E8	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1ef',
    500: '#56a8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8e8;
$custom-light: #93c1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.301,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70704,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8E8

secondary

#E8CAB2

accent

#660DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8E8

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

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