#56A9E4#56A9E4

#56A9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9E4
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -7.61, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 38.00, 258.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0556 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.119 242)
XYZ	xyz(32.0240, 35.9526, 78.6356)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9E4 #E49156

analogous

#56E4D8 #56A9E4 #5662E4

triadic

#56A9E4 #E456A9 #A9E456

tetradic

#56A9E4 #D856E4 #E49156 #62E456

square

#56A9E4 #D856E4 #E49156 #62E456

split-complementary

#56A9E4 #E45662 #E4D856

monochromatic

#1A6CA5 #238EDA #56A9E4 #8BC4EC #C0DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#56A9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#56A9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9E4

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9E4	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2ec',
    500: '#56a9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9e4;
$custom-light: #92c2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.93,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70736,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9E4

secondary

#E5C6B0

accent

#6211D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9E4

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

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