#56A9EF#56A9EF

#56A9EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9EF
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 239)
HSL	hsl(207, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -4.06, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 42.70, 264.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0523 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.131 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5999, 36.5830, 86.9351)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9EF #EF9C56

analogous

#56EFE8 #56A9EF #565CEF

triadic

#56A9EF #EF56A9 #A9EF56

tetradic

#56A9EF #E856EF #EF9C56 #5CEF56

square

#56A9EF #E856EF #EF9C56 #5CEF56

split-complementary

#56A9EF #EF565C #EFE856

monochromatic

#126CB9 #1E8DEA #56A9EF #8EC5F4 #C6E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#56A9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#56A9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9EF

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9EF	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AABF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#759CEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2f4',
    500: '#56a9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9ef;
$custom-light: #93c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.451,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71272,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9EF

secondary

#EBCEB5

accent

#6A06DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9EF

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

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