#56A1E5#56A1E5

#56A1E5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1E5
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -2.81, -41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 41.35, 266.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0471 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.126 248)
XYZ	xyz(30.7203, 33.1223, 78.8878)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1E5 #E59A56

analogous

#56E5E1 #56A1E5 #565AE5

triadic

#56A1E5 #E556A1 #A1E556

tetradic

#56A1E5 #E156E5 #E59A56 #5AE556

square

#56A1E5 #E156E5 #E59A56 #5AE556

split-complementary

#56A1E5 #E5565A #E5E156

monochromatic

#1A64A7 #2283DC #56A1E5 #8BBFED #C0DCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#56A1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#56A1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1E5

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1E5	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7096E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bced',
    500: '#56a1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1e5;
$custom-light: #92bced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.531,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68995,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.33125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1E5

secondary

#E6CAB1

accent

#6E10D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1E5

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

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