#56A1DD#56A1DD

#56A1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.116 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A1DD
RGB	rgb(86, 161, 221)
HSL	hsl(207, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 27.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -5.40, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 37.78, 261.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0495 -0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.116 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6289, 32.6858, 73.1401)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A1DD #DD9256

analogous

#56DDD6 #56A1DD #565DDD

triadic

#56A1DD #DD56A1 #A1DD56

tetradic

#56A1DD #D656DD #DD9256 #5DDD56

square

#56A1DD #D656DD #DD9256 #5DDD56

split-complementary

#56A1DD #DD565D #DDD656

monochromatic

#1F639A #2984CD #56A1DD #89BDE7 #BCDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#56A1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#56A1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A1DD

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A1DD	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7495DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 161, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.116 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bce8',
    500: '#56a1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a1dd;
$custom-light: #91bce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.686,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A1DD

secondary

#E1C5AE

accent

#6917CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A1DD

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

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