#56A9ED#56A9ED

#56A9ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.129 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9ED
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 237)
HSL	hsl(207, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -4.71, -41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 41.81, 263.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0529 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.129 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3061, 36.4655, 85.3876)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9ED #ED9A56

analogous

#56EDE6 #56A9ED #565DED

triadic

#56A9ED #ED56A9 #A9ED56

tetradic

#56A9ED #E656ED #ED9A56 #5DED56

square

#56A9ED #E656ED #ED9A56 #5DED56

split-complementary

#56A9ED #ED565D #EDE656

monochromatic

#136CB5 #1F8DE7 #56A9ED #8DC5F3 #C5E1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#56A9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#56A9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9ED

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9ED	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.129 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2f3',
    500: '#56a9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9ed;
$custom-light: #93c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.02,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71172,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9ED

secondary

#EACDB4

accent

#6808DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9ED

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

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