#56A1E1#56A1E1

#56A1E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1E1
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 225)
HSL	hsl(208, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -4.11, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 39.54, 264.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0482 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.121 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1682, 32.9015, 75.9803)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1E1 #E19656

analogous

#56E1DB #56A1E1 #565BE1

triadic

#56A1E1 #E156A1 #A1E156

tetradic

#56A1E1 #DB56E1 #E19656 #5BE156

square

#56A1E1 #DB56E1 #E19656 #5BE156

split-complementary

#56A1E1 #E1565B #E1DB56

monochromatic

#1C64A0 #2684D4 #56A1E1 #8ABEEA #BEDBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#56A1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#56A1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1E1

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1E1	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7295E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bcea',
    500: '#56a1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1e1;
$custom-light: #91bcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.626,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68796,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1E1

secondary

#E4C7AF

accent

#6B14D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1E1

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

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