#56A8EF#56A8EF

#56A8EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.132 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8EF
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 239)
HSL	hsl(208, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 29.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -3.50, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 43.09, 265.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0513 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.132 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4146, 36.2123, 86.8733)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8EF #EF9D56

analogous

#56EFE9 #56A8EF #565BEF

triadic

#56A8EF #EF56A8 #A8EF56

tetradic

#56A8EF #E956EF #EF9D56 #5BEF56

square

#56A8EF #E956EF #EF9D56 #5BEF56

split-complementary

#56A8EF #EF565B #EFE956

monochromatic

#126BB9 #1E8BEA #56A8EF #8EC5F4 #C6E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56A8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#56A8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8EF

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8EF	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#749CEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.132 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c1f4',
    500: '#56a8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8ef;
$custom-light: #93c1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.843,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7105,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8EF

secondary

#EBCEB5

accent

#6B06DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8EF

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

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