#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
RGBrgb(86, 161, 220)
HSLhsl(206, 66%, 60%)
HSVhsv(206, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(60.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.86, -5.72, -36.90)
CIE-LCHlch(63.86, 37.34, 261.19°)
OKLaboklab(68.55% -0.0498 -0.1038)
OKLCHoklch(68.55% 0.115 244.4)
XYZxyz(29.4961, 32.6327, 72.4406)
Luminance0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##56A1DC1.002.797.537.53
#FFFFFF2.791.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5321.001.001.00
##0000007.5321.001.001.00

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

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#56A1DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva