#56A1D5#56A1D5

#56A1D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.107 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1D5
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -7.95, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 34.42, 256.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.052 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.107 241)
XYZ	xyz(28.5884, 32.2696, 67.6600)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1D5 #D58A56

analogous

#56D5C9 #56A1D5 #5661D5

triadic

#56A1D5 #D556A1 #A1D556

tetradic

#56A1D5 #C956D5 #D58A56 #61D556

square

#56A1D5 #C956D5 #D58A56 #61D556

split-complementary

#56A1D5 #D55661 #D5C956

monochromatic

#23628D #2F84BE #56A1D5 #87BCE1 #B8D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#56A1D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#56A1D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1D5

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1D5	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)

#8AA1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7894D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.107 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bce2',
    500: '#56a1d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1d5;
$custom-light: #90bce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.567,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68218,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.32272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1D5

secondary

#DDBFAA

accent

#8644E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1D5

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

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