#56A0E5#56A0E5

#56A0E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.126 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0E5
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -2.25, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 41.75, 266.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.046 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.126 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5462, 32.7742, 78.8298)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0E5 #E59B56

analogous

#56E5E2 #56A0E5 #5659E5

triadic

#56A0E5 #E556A0 #A0E556

tetradic

#56A0E5 #E256E5 #E59B56 #59E556

square

#56A0E5 #E256E5 #E59B56 #59E556

split-complementary

#56A0E5 #E55659 #E5E256

monochromatic

#1A63A7 #2282DC #56A0E5 #8BBEED #C0DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#56A0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#56A0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0E5

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0E5	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F95E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.126 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bbed',
    500: '#56a0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0e5;
$custom-light: #92bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.951,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68773,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0E5

secondary

#E6CAB1

accent

#6F10D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0E5

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

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