#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
RGBrgb(86, 162, 217)
HSLhsl(205, 63%, 59%)
HSVhsv(205, 60%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(60.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(64.02, -7.23, -35.00)
CIE-LCHlch(64.02, 35.74, 258.32°)
OKLaboklab(68.63% -0.0518 -0.0983)
OKLCHoklch(68.63% 0.111 242.2)
XYZxyz(29.2778, 32.8261, 70.4253)
Luminance0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##56A2D91.002.787.577.57
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5721.001.001.00
##0000007.5721.001.001.00

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

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#56A2D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva