#56A9FF#56A9FF

#56A9FF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.150 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9FF
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 255)
HSL	hsl(211, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 33.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 1.21, -50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 50.07, 271.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0479 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.15 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0690, 37.5706, 99.9393)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9FF #FFAC56

analogous

#56FDFF #56A9FF #5856FF

triadic

#56A9FF #FF56A9 #A9FF56

tetradic

#56A9FF #FF56FD #FFAC56 #56FF58

square

#56A9FF #FF56FD #FFAC56 #56FF58

split-complementary

#56A9FF #FF5856 #FDFF56

monochromatic

#006BDB #198AFF #56A9FF #93C8FF #D0E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#56A9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#56A9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9FF

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9FF	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83AEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B9EFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.150 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c2ff',
    500: '#56a9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9ff;
$custom-light: #96c2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.533,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.14978,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9FF

secondary

#F3D9BD

accent

#7500E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F3F7FF

border

#CDD0D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9FF

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

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