#56A0E1#56A0E1

#56A0E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.122 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0E1
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 225)
HSL	hsl(208, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -3.55, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 39.93, 264.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.0472 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.122 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9941, 32.5534, 75.9223)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0E1 #E19756

analogous

#56E1DD #56A0E1 #565AE1

triadic

#56A0E1 #E156A0 #A0E156

tetradic

#56A0E1 #DD56E1 #E19756 #5AE156

square

#56A0E1 #DD56E1 #E19756 #5AE156

split-complementary

#56A0E1 #E1565A #E1DD56

monochromatic

#1C63A0 #2683D4 #56A0E1 #8ABDEA #BEDAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#56A0E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#56A0E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0E1

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0E1	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7194E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.122 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbea',
    500: '#56a0e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0e1;
$custom-light: #91bbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.058,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68573,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0E1

secondary

#E4C8AF

accent

#6D14D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0E1

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

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