#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
RGBrgb(86, 160, 233)
HSLhsl(210, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(210, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 31.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.16, -0.94, -43.61)
CIE-LCHlch(64.16, 43.62, 268.77°)
OKLaboklab(68.98% -0.0449 -0.1232)
OKLCHoklch(68.98% 0.131 250)
XYZxyz(31.1111, 33.0002, 81.8051)
Luminance0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##56A0E91.002.767.607.60
#FFFFFF2.761.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6021.001.001.00
##0000007.6021.001.001.00

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

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#56A0E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva