#56A1DC#56A1DC

#56A1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1DC
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -5.72, -36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 37.34, 261.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0498 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.115 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4961, 32.6327, 72.4406)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1DC #DC9156

analogous

#56DCD4 #56A1DC #565EDC

triadic

#56A1DC #DC56A1 #A1DC56

tetradic

#56A1DC #D456DC #DC9156 #5EDC56

square

#56A1DC #D456DC #DC9156 #5EDC56

split-complementary

#56A1DC #DC565E #DCD456

monochromatic

#206398 #2A84CB #56A1DC #89BDE6 #BBD9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#56A1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#56A1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1DC

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1DC	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7595DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bce7',
    500: '#56a1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1dc;
$custom-light: #91bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.418,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68551,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1DC

secondary

#E1C4AD

accent

#8A3FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1DC

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

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