#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
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 234)
HSL	hsl(210, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 31.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.49, -1.18, -43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.49, 43.66, 268.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0456 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.132 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4284, 33.4056, 82.6176)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##56A1EA	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1EA

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

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