#56A1E4#56A1E4

#56A1E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.124 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1E4
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 228)
HSL	hsl(208, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -3.14, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 40.89, 265.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0474 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.124 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5810, 33.0666, 78.1546)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1E4 #E49956

analogous

#56E4E0 #56A1E4 #565AE4

triadic

#56A1E4 #E456A1 #A1E456

tetradic

#56A1E4 #E056E4 #E49956 #5AE456

square

#56A1E4 #E056E4 #E49956 #5AE456

split-complementary

#56A1E4 #E4565A #E4E056

monochromatic

#1A64A5 #2384DA #56A1E4 #8BBEEC #C0DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#56A1E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#56A1E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1E4

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1E4	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7195E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.124 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bced',
    500: '#56a1e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1e4;
$custom-light: #92bced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.31,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68945,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1E4

secondary

#E5C9B0

accent

#6D11D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1E4

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

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