#56A0DB#56A0DB

#56A0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.115 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0DB
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 219)
HSL	hsl(207, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -5.48, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 37.27, 261.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.049 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.115 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1900, 32.2317, 71.6871)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0DB #DB9156

analogous

#56DBD4 #56A0DB #565DDB

triadic

#56A0DB #DB56A0 #A0DB56

tetradic

#56A0DB #D456DB #DB9156 #5DDB56

square

#56A0DB #D456DB #DB9156 #5DDB56

split-complementary

#56A0DB #DB565D #DBD456

monochromatic

#206297 #2B83C9 #56A0DB #88BCE6 #BBD9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#56A0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#56A0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0DB

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0DB	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7494DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.115 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbe6',
    500: '#56a0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0db;
$custom-light: #91bbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.617,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68278,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0DB

secondary

#E0C4AD

accent

#8A40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0DB

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

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