#56A2D6#56A2D6

#56A2D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.108 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2D6
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 214)
HSL	hsl(204, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, -8.19, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 34.52, 256.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% -0.0528 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.108 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8911, 32.6714, 68.3890)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2D6 #D68A56

analogous

#56D6CA #56A2D6 #5662D6

triadic

#56A2D6 #D656A2 #A2D656

tetradic

#56A2D6 #CA56D6 #D68A56 #62D656

square

#56A2D6 #CA56D6 #D68A56 #62D656

split-complementary

#56A2D6 #D65662 #D6CA56

monochromatic

#23638F #2F85C0 #56A2D6 #87BDE2 #B9D8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#56A2D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#56A2D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2D6

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2D6	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)

#8BA2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.108 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bde2',
    500: '#56a2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2d6;
$custom-light: #90bde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68492,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2D6

secondary

#DDBFAB

accent

#8544E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2D6

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

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