#56A3D8#56A3D8

#56A3D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.109 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3D8
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 24.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -8.11, -34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 35.02, 256.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.0532 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.109 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3250, 33.1279, 69.8013)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3D8 #D88B56

analogous

#56D8CC #56A3D8 #5662D8

triadic

#56A3D8 #D856A3 #A3D856

tetradic

#56A3D8 #CC56D8 #D88B56 #62D856

square

#56A3D8 #CC56D8 #D88B56 #62D856

split-complementary

#56A3D8 #D85662 #D8CC56

monochromatic

#226492 #2D86C4 #56A3D8 #88BEE3 #B9D9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#56A3D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#56A3D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3D8

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3D8	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.109 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee4',
    500: '#56a3d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3d8;
$custom-light: #90bee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.462,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68813,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3D8

secondary

#DEC0AB

accent

#8542E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3D8

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

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