#56A9EF#56A9EF

#56A9EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56A9EF
RGBrgb(86, 169, 239)
HSLhsl(207, 83%, 64%)
HSVhsv(207, 64%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(64%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.96, -4.06, -42.50)
CIE-LCHlch(66.96, 42.70, 264.54°)
OKLaboklab(71.27% -0.0523 -0.1199)
OKLCHoklch(71.27% 0.131 246.5)
XYZxyz(33.5999, 36.5830, 86.9351)
Luminance0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56A9EF #EF9C56
analogous
#56EFE8 #56A9EF #565CEF
triadic
#56A9EF #EF56A9 #A9EF56
tetradic
#56A9EF #E856EF #EF9C56 #5CEF56
square
#56A9EF #E856EF #EF9C56 #5CEF56
split-complementary
#56A9EF #EF565C #EFE856
monochromatic
#126CB9 #1E8DEA #56A9EF #8EC5F4 #C6E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52
#56A9EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32
#56A9EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9EF
8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56A9EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56A9EF1.002.528.328.32
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3221.001.001.00
##0000008.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8AABF2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#759CEE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BAC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56a9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 246.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2f4',
    500: '#56a9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56a9ef;
$custom-light: #93c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56a9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.451,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71272,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56A9EF
secondary
#EBCEB5
accent
#6A06DF
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1217
muted
#7E8185

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#56A9EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva