#56A0EF#56A0EF

#56A0EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.139 H 251.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A0EF
RGBrgb(86, 160, 239)
HSLhsl(211, 83%, 64%)
HSVhsv(211, 64%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(64%, 33.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(64.44, 1.04, -46.46)
CIE-LCHlch(64.44, 46.48, 271.28°)
OKLaboklab(69.29% -0.0433 -0.1316)
OKLCHoklch(69.29% 0.139 251.8)
XYZxyz(31.9828, 33.3489, 86.3961)
Luminance0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A0EF #EFA556
analogous
#56EDEF #56A0EF #5856EF
triadic
#56A0EF #EF56A0 #A0EF56
tetradic
#56A0EF #EF56ED #EFA556 #56EF58
square
#56A0EF #EF56ED #EFA556 #56EF58
split-complementary
#56A0EF #EF5856 #EDEF56
monochromatic
#1263B9 #1E81EA #56A0EF #8EBFF4 #C6DFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74
#56A0EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67
#56A0EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0EF
7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A0EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A0EF1.002.747.677.67
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6721.001.001.00
##0000007.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7EA4F2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6996ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a0ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.139 251.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bbf4',
    500: '#56a0ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a0ef;
$custom-light: #93bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a0ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.98,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69291,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 251.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A0EF
secondary
#EBD1B5
accent
#7606DF
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1117
muted
#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0EF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#56A0EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva