#56A0E9#56A0E9

#56A0E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.131 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0E9
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 233)
HSL	hsl(210, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 31.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -0.94, -43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 43.62, 268.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0449 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.131 250)
XYZ	xyz(31.1111, 33.0002, 81.8051)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0E9 #E99F56

analogous

#56E9E8 #56A0E9 #5657E9

triadic

#56A0E9 #E956A0 #A0E956

tetradic

#56A0E9 #E856E9 #E99F56 #57E956

square

#56A0E9 #E856E9 #E99F56 #57E956

split-complementary

#56A0E9 #E95657 #E9E856

monochromatic

#1763AE #2082E2 #56A0E9 #8CBEF0 #C2DDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#56A0E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#56A0E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0E9

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0E9	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80A3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C95E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.131 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bbf0',
    500: '#56a0e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0e9;
$custom-light: #93bbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.796,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68978,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.33003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0E9

secondary

#E8CDB3

accent

#720CD9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0E9

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

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