#56A8FF#56A8FF

#56A8FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.151 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8FF
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(211, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 1.78, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 50.52, 272.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0469 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.151 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8837, 37.2000, 99.8776)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8FF #FFAD56

analogous

#56FCFF #56A8FF #5956FF

triadic

#56A8FF #FF56A8 #A8FF56

tetradic

#56A8FF #FF56FC #FFAD56 #56FF59

square

#56A8FF #FF56FC #FFAD56 #56FF59

split-complementary

#56A8FF #FF5956 #FCFF56

monochromatic

#006ADB #1988FF #56A8FF #93C8FF #D0E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#56A8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#56A8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8FF

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8FF	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A9DFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.151 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c1ff',
    500: '#56a8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8ff;
$custom-light: #96c1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.888,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7188,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8FF

secondary

#F3D9BD

accent

#7600E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F3F7FF

border

#CDD0D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8FF

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

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