#56A1E6#56A1E6

#56A1E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.127 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1E6
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 30%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -2.49, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 41.81, 266.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0468 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.127 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8603, 33.1783, 79.6253)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1E6 #E69B56

analogous

#56E6E3 #56A1E6 #5659E6

triadic

#56A1E6 #E656A1 #A1E656

tetradic

#56A1E6 #E356E6 #E69B56 #59E656

square

#56A1E6 #E356E6 #E69B56 #59E656

split-complementary

#56A1E6 #E65659 #E6E356

monochromatic

#1964A9 #2183DE #56A1E6 #8BBFEE #C1DCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#56A1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#56A1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1E6

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1E6	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7096E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.127 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bcee',
    500: '#56a1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1e6;
$custom-light: #92bcee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69046,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1E6

secondary

#E6CBB1

accent

#6F0FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1E6

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

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