#56A9E8#56A9E8

#56A9E8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9E8
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 232)
HSL	hsl(206, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -6.33, -39.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 39.66, 260.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0544 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.123 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5857, 36.1773, 81.5939)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9E8 #E89556

analogous

#56E8DE #56A9E8 #5660E8

triadic

#56A9E8 #E856A9 #A9E856

tetradic

#56A9E8 #DE56E8 #E89556 #60E856

square

#56A9E8 #DE56E8 #E89556 #60E856

split-complementary

#56A9E8 #E85660 #E8DE56

monochromatic

#176CAC #208EE1 #56A9E8 #8CC4EF #C2E0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56A9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#56A9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9E8

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9E8	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)

#8DAAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799CE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2ef',
    500: '#56a9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9e8;
$custom-light: #93c2ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.89,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70928,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9E8

secondary

#E8C9B2

accent

#650DD8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9E8

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

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