#56A8ED#56A8ED

#56A8ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.129 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8ED
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 29.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -4.15, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 42.19, 264.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0518 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.129 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1207, 36.0948, 85.3259)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8ED #ED9B56

analogous

#56EDE6 #56A8ED #565CED

triadic

#56A8ED #ED56A8 #A8ED56

tetradic

#56A8ED #E656ED #ED9B56 #5CED56

square

#56A8ED #E656ED #ED9B56 #5CED56

split-complementary

#56A8ED #ED565C #EDE656

monochromatic

#136BB5 #1F8CE7 #56A8ED #8DC4F3 #C5E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56A8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#56A8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8ED

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8ED	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759BEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.129 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1f3',
    500: '#56a8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8ed;
$custom-light: #93c1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.417,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7095,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8ED

secondary

#EACDB4

accent

#6A08DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8ED

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

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