#56A3D7#56A3D7

#56A3D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.108 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3D7
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 215)
HSL	hsl(204, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 24.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -8.42, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 34.62, 255.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0535 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.108 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1961, 33.0763, 69.1226)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3D7 #D78A56

analogous

#56D7CA #56A3D7 #5663D7

triadic

#56A3D7 #D756A3 #A3D756

tetradic

#56A3D7 #CA56D7 #D78A56 #63D756

square

#56A3D7 #CA56D7 #D78A56 #63D756

split-complementary

#56A3D7 #D75663 #D7CA56

monochromatic

#226490 #2E86C2 #56A3D7 #87BEE3 #B9D9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#56A3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#56A3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3D7

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3D7	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.108 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee3',
    500: '#56a3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3d7;
$custom-light: #90bee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.186,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68766,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3D7

secondary

#DEBFAB

accent

#8443E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3D7

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

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