#56A9E5#56A9E5

#56A9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.120 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A9E5
RGBrgb(86, 169, 229)
HSLhsl(205, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(205, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(62.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.53, -7.29, -37.71)
CIE-LCHlch(66.53, 38.41, 259.06°)
OKLaboklab(70.78% -0.0553 -0.1061)
OKLCHoklch(70.78% 0.12 242.5)
XYZxyz(32.1633, 36.0083, 79.3688)
Luminance0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A9E5 #E59256
analogous
#56E5DA #56A9E5 #5662E5
triadic
#56A9E5 #E556A9 #A9E556
tetradic
#56A9E5 #DA56E5 #E59256 #62E556
square
#56A9E5 #DA56E5 #E59256 #62E556
split-complementary
#56A9E5 #E55662 #E5DA56
monochromatic
#1A6CA7 #228EDC #56A9E5 #8BC4ED #C0DFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#56A9E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20
#56A9E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9E5
8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A9E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A9E51.002.568.208.20
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2021.001.001.00
##0000008.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8EAAE8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B9BE4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.120 242.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c2ed',
    500: '#56a9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a9e5;
$custom-light: #92c2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.175,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70783,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A9E5
secondary
#E6C7B1
accent
#6310D5
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#56A9E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva