#56A1EA#56A1EA

#56A1EA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.132 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A1EA
RGBrgb(86, 161, 234)
HSLhsl(210, 78%, 63%)
HSVhsv(210, 63%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.2%, 31.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(64.49, -1.18, -43.65)
CIE-LCHlch(64.49, 43.66, 268.45°)
OKLaboklab(69.25% -0.0456 -0.1233)
OKLCHoklch(69.25% 0.132 249.7)
XYZxyz(31.4284, 33.4056, 82.6176)
Luminance0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A1EA #EA9F56
analogous
#56EAE9 #56A1EA #5657EA
triadic
#56A1EA #EA56A1 #A1EA56
tetradic
#56A1EA #E956EA #EA9F56 #57EA56
square
#56A1EA #E956EA #EA9F56 #57EA56
split-complementary
#56A1EA #EA5657 #EAE956
monochromatic
#1664B0 #2083E3 #56A1EA #8CBFF1 #C3DEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73
#56A1EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68
#56A1EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1EA
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A1EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A1EA1.002.737.687.68
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6821.001.001.00
##0000007.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#81A4ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D96E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.132 249.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bcf1',
    500: '#56a1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a1ea;
$custom-light: #93bcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.595,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6925,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A1EA
secondary
#E9CEB3
accent
#710BDA
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

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#56A1EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva