#56A2D5#56A2D5

#56A2D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.107 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2D5
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 213)
HSL	hsl(204, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -8.50, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 34.12, 255.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.0531 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.107 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7638, 32.6205, 67.7184)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2D5 #D58956

analogous

#56D5C8 #56A2D5 #5662D5

triadic

#56A2D5 #D556A2 #A2D556

tetradic

#56A2D5 #C856D5 #D58956 #62D556

square

#56A2D5 #C856D5 #D58956 #62D556

split-complementary

#56A2D5 #D55662 #D5C856

monochromatic

#23638D #2F85BE #56A2D5 #87BDE1 #B8D8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#56A2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#56A2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2D5

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2D5	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A95D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.107 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bde2',
    500: '#56a2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2d5;
$custom-light: #90bde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.094,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68446,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2D5

secondary

#DDBEAA

accent

#8444E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2D5

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

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