#56A9E5#56A9E5

#56A9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9E5
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -7.29, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 38.41, 259.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0553 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.12 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1633, 36.0083, 79.3688)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9E5 #E59256

analogous

#56E5DA #56A9E5 #5662E5

triadic

#56A9E5 #E556A9 #A9E556

tetradic

#56A9E5 #DA56E5 #E59256 #62E556

square

#56A9E5 #DA56E5 #E59256 #62E556

split-complementary

#56A9E5 #E55662 #E5DA56

monochromatic

#1A6CA7 #228EDC #56A9E5 #8BC4ED #C0DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#56A9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#56A9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9E5

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9E5	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2ed',
    500: '#56a9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9e5;
$custom-light: #92c2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.175,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70783,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9E5

secondary

#E6C7B1

accent

#6310D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9E5

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

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