#56A1EF#56A1EF

#56A1EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.138 H 251.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1EF
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 239)
HSL	hsl(211, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 32.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 0.47, -46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 46.03, 270.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0443 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.138 251.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1569, 33.6970, 86.4541)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1EF #EFA456

analogous

#56EEEF #56A1EF #5756EF

triadic

#56A1EF #EF56A1 #A1EF56

tetradic

#56A1EF #EF56EE #EFA456 #56EF57

square

#56A1EF #EF56EE #EFA456 #56EF57

split-complementary

#56A1EF #EF5756 #EEEF56

monochromatic

#1264B9 #1E82EA #56A1EF #8EC0F4 #C6DFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56A1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#56A1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1EF

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1EF	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A96ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.138 251.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bcf4',
    500: '#56a1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1ef;
$custom-light: #93bcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.588,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69509,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 251.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1EF

secondary

#EBD1B5

accent

#7506DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1EF

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

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