#56A2D0#56A2D0

#56A2D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2D0
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 208)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 22.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -10.07, -30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 32.20, 251.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0548 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.102 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1390, 32.3705, 64.4275)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2D0 #D08456

analogous

#56D0C1 #56A2D0 #5665D0

triadic

#56A2D0 #D056A2 #A2D056

tetradic

#56A2D0 #C156D0 #D08456 #65D056

square

#56A2D0 #C156D0 #D08456 #65D056

split-complementary

#56A2D0 #D05665 #D0C156

monochromatic

#256286 #3385B6 #56A2D0 #86BCDD #B6D7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#56A2D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#56A2D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2D0

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2D0	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbdde',
    500: '#56a2d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2d0;
$custom-light: #8fbdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.623,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68216,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2D0

secondary

#D9BBA8

accent

#8148E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2D0

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

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