#56A9E4#56A9E4

#56A9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A9E4
RGBrgb(86, 169, 228)
HSLhsl(205, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(205, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(62.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(66.48, -7.61, -37.23)
CIE-LCHlch(66.48, 38.00, 258.45°)
OKLaboklab(70.74% -0.0556 -0.1047)
OKLCHoklch(70.74% 0.119 242)
XYZxyz(32.0240, 35.9526, 78.6356)
Luminance0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A9E4 #E49156
analogous
#56E4D8 #56A9E4 #5662E4
triadic
#56A9E4 #E456A9 #A9E456
tetradic
#56A9E4 #D856E4 #E49156 #62E456
square
#56A9E4 #D856E4 #E49156 #62E456
split-complementary
#56A9E4 #E45662 #E4D856
monochromatic
#1A6CA5 #238EDA #56A9E4 #8BC4EC #C0DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#56A9E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19
#56A9E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9E4
8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A9E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A9E41.002.568.198.19
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1921.001.001.00
##0000008.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8FAAE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B9BE3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 242.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2ec',
    500: '#56a9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a9e4;
$custom-light: #92c2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.93,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70736,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A9E4
secondary
#E5C6B0
accent
#6211D5
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

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#56A9E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva