#56A0DE#56A0DE

#56A0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A0DE
RGB	rgb(86, 160, 222)
HSL	hsl(207, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 27.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -4.51, -38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 38.58, 263.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0481 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.118 246)
XYZ	xyz(29.5885, 32.3911, 73.7859)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A0DE #DE9456

analogous

#56DED8 #56A0DE #565CDE

triadic

#56A0DE #DE56A0 #A0DE56

tetradic

#56A0DE #D856DE #DE9456 #5CDE56

square

#56A0DE #D856DE #DE9456 #5CDE56

split-complementary

#56A0DE #DE565C #DED856

monochromatic

#1E629B #2883CE #56A0DE #89BDE8 #BCDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#56A0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#56A0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A0DE

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A0DE	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 160, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bbe8',
    500: '#56a0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a0de;
$custom-light: #91bbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.353,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68424,
    "c": 0.11813,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.32394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A0DE

secondary

#E2C6AE

accent

#6B16CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A0DE

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

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