#56A4E9#56A4E9

#56A4E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A4E9
RGBrgb(86, 164, 233)
HSLhsl(208, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(208, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(63.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.29, -3.21, -41.84)
CIE-LCHlch(65.29, 41.97, 265.62°)
OKLaboklab(69.86% -0.049 -0.1181)
OKLCHoklch(69.86% 0.128 247.5)
XYZxyz(31.8157, 34.4094, 82.0400)
Luminance0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A4E9 #E99B56
analogous
#56E9E4 #56A4E9 #565BE9
triadic
#56A4E9 #E956A4 #A4E956
tetradic
#56A4E9 #E456E9 #E99B56 #5BE956
square
#56A4E9 #E456E9 #E99B56 #5BE956
split-complementary
#56A4E9 #E9565B #E9E456
monochromatic
#1767AE #2087E2 #56A4E9 #8CC1F0 #C2DEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66
#56A4E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88
#56A4E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4E9
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A4E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A4E91.002.667.887.88
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#86A6EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7298E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 247.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bef0',
    500: '#56a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a4e9;
$custom-light: #93bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.163,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69863,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A4E9
secondary
#E8CCB3
accent
#6C0CD9
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#56A4E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva