#56A3DC#56A3DC

#56A3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.114 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3DC
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 220)
HSL	hsl(206, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -6.84, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 36.66, 259.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0519 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.114 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8484, 33.3373, 72.5580)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3DC #DC8F56

analogous

#56DCD2 #56A3DC #5660DC

triadic

#56A3DC #DC56A3 #A3DC56

tetradic

#56A3DC #D256DC #DC8F56 #60DC56

square

#56A3DC #D256DC #DC8F56 #60DC56

split-complementary

#56A3DC #DC5660 #DCD256

monochromatic

#206598 #2A86CB #56A3DC #89BFE6 #BBDAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#56A3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#56A3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3DC

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3DC	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7896DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.114 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bee7',
    500: '#56a3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3dc;
$custom-light: #91bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.522,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69002,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3DC

secondary

#E1C3AD

accent

#873FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3DC

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

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