#56A2DD#56A2DD

#56A2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A2DD
RGB	rgb(86, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -5.96, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 37.42, 260.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0505 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.116 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8044, 33.0367, 73.1986)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A2DD #DD9156

analogous

#56DDD4 #56A2DD #565FDD

triadic

#56A2DD #DD56A2 #A2DD56

tetradic

#56A2DD #D456DD #DD9156 #5FDD56

square

#56A2DD #D456DD #DD9156 #5FDD56

split-complementary

#56A2DD #DD565F #DDD456

monochromatic

#1F649A #2985CD #56A2DD #89BEE7 #BCDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#56A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#56A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A2DD

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A2DD	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bde8',
    500: '#56a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a2dd;
$custom-light: #91bde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68825,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A2DD

secondary

#E1C4AE

accent

#6717CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A2DD

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

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