#56A9E7#56A9E7

#56A9E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.122 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9E7
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 231)
HSL	hsl(206, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -6.65, -38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 39.24, 260.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0547 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.122 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4441, 36.1207, 80.8480)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9E7 #E79456

analogous

#56E7DD #56A9E7 #5661E7

triadic

#56A9E7 #E756A9 #A9E756

tetradic

#56A9E7 #DD56E7 #E79456 #61E756

square

#56A9E7 #DD56E7 #E79456 #61E756

split-complementary

#56A9E7 #E75661 #E7DD56

monochromatic

#186CAA #208EDF #56A9E7 #8CC4EF #C1E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56A9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#56A9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9E7

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9E7	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)

#8DAAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.122 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2ef',
    500: '#56a9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9e7;
$custom-light: #92c2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.655,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70879,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9E7

secondary

#E7C9B2

accent

#640ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9E7

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

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