#56A1E9#56A1E9

#56A1E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.130 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A1E9
RGBrgb(86, 161, 233)
HSLhsl(209, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(209, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 30.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.44, -1.51, -43.17)
CIE-LCHlch(64.44, 43.19, 268.00°)
OKLaboklab(69.2% -0.0459 -0.122)
OKLCHoklch(69.2% 0.13 249.4)
XYZxyz(31.2852, 33.3483, 81.8631)
Luminance0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A1E9 #E99E56
analogous
#56E9E8 #56A1E9 #5657E9
triadic
#56A1E9 #E956A1 #A1E956
tetradic
#56A1E9 #E856E9 #E99E56 #57E956
square
#56A1E9 #E856E9 #E99E56 #57E956
split-complementary
#56A1E9 #E95657 #E9E856
monochromatic
#1764AE #2083E2 #56A1E9 #8CBFF0 #C2DDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74
#56A1E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67
#56A1E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1E9
7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A1E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A1E91.002.747.677.67
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6721.001.001.00
##0000007.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#82A4EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E96E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a1e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.130 249.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bcf0',
    500: '#56a1e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a1e9;
$custom-light: #93bcf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a1e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.388,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69198,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A1E9
secondary
#E8CDB3
accent
#710CD9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#56A1E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva