#56A2D9#56A2D9

#56A2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.111 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2D9
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 217)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -7.23, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 35.74, 258.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0518 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.111 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2778, 32.8261, 70.4253)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2D9 #D98D56

analogous

#56D9CF #56A2D9 #5661D9

triadic

#56A2D9 #D956A2 #A2D956

tetradic

#56A2D9 #CF56D9 #D98D56 #61D956

square

#56A2D9 #CF56D9 #D98D56 #61D956

split-complementary

#56A2D9 #D95661 #D9CF56

monochromatic

#216393 #2C85C5 #56A2D9 #88BDE4 #BAD9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#56A2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#56A2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2D9

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2D9	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7895D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.111 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bde5',
    500: '#56a2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2d9;
$custom-light: #90bde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.191,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68633,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2D9

secondary

#DFC1AC

accent

#8741E6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2D9

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

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