#56A0DD#56A0DD

#56A0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0DD
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -4.84, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 38.14, 262.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0484 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.117 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4549, 32.3377, 73.0821)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0DD #DD9356

analogous

#56DDD6 #56A0DD #565DDD

triadic

#56A0DD #DD56A0 #A0DD56

tetradic

#56A0DD #D656DD #DD9356 #5DDD56

square

#56A0DD #D656DD #DD9356 #5DDD56

split-complementary

#56A0DD #DD565D #DDD656

monochromatic

#1F629A #2983CD #56A0DD #89BDE7 #BCD9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#56A0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#56A0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0DD

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0DD	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbe8',
    500: '#56a0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0dd;
$custom-light: #91bbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68375,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0DD

secondary

#E1C5AE

accent

#6A17CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0DD

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

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