#56B4F5#56B4F5

#56B4F5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4F5
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 245)
HSL	hsl(205, 89%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -8.20, -40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 41.34, 258.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0615 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.13 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6342, 41.2097, 92.3921)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4F5 #F59756

analogous

#56F5E6 #56B4F5 #5665F5

triadic

#56B4F5 #F556B4 #B4F556

tetradic

#56B4F5 #E656F5 #F59756 #65F556

square

#56B4F5 #E656F5 #F59756 #65F556

split-complementary

#56B4F5 #F55665 #F5E656

monochromatic

#0C79C5 #1C9AF2 #56B4F5 #90CEF8 #CAE7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#56B4F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#56B4F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4F5

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4F5	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B5F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A5F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95caf8',
    500: '#56b4f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4f5;
$custom-light: #95caf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.528,
    "s": 88.827,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4F5

secondary

#EFCEB8

accent

#5E00E5

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4F5

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

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