#56A3DD#56A3DD

#56A3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.115 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3DD
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -6.52, -36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 37.08, 259.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0516 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.115 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9812, 33.3904, 73.2576)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3DD #DD9056

analogous

#56DDD4 #56A3DD #565FDD

triadic

#56A3DD #DD56A3 #A3DD56

tetradic

#56A3DD #D456DD #DD9056 #5FDD56

square

#56A3DD #D456DD #DD9056 #5FDD56

split-complementary

#56A3DD #DD565F #DDD456

monochromatic

#1F659A #2986CD #56A3DD #89BFE7 #BCDAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#56A3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#56A3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3DD

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3DD	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7796DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.115 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bee7',
    500: '#56a3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3dd;
$custom-light: #91bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6905,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3DD

secondary

#E1C4AE

accent

#6617CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3DD

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

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