#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
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 233)
HSL	hsl(209, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 30.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, -1.51, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 43.19, 268.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0459 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.13 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2852, 33.3483, 81.8631)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##56A1E9	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56A1E9

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

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