#56A3D2#56A3D2

#56A3D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.103 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3D2
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 210)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 22.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -9.99, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 32.69, 252.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0552 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.103 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5634, 32.8233, 65.7905)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3D2 #D28556

analogous

#56D2C3 #56A3D2 #5665D2

triadic

#56A3D2 #D256A3 #A3D256

tetradic

#56A3D2 #C356D2 #D28556 #65D256

square

#56A3D2 #C356D2 #D28556 #65D256

split-complementary

#56A3D2 #D25665 #D2C356

monochromatic

#256389 #3186B9 #56A3D2 #86BDDF #B7D8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#56A3D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#56A3D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3D2

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3D2	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)

#8DA2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C96D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.103 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee0',
    500: '#56a3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3d2;
$custom-light: #90bee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.742,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68536,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3D2

secondary

#DBBCA9

accent

#8147E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3D2

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

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