#56A3DE#56A3DE

#56A3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.116 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A3DE
RGB	rgb(86, 163, 222)
HSL	hsl(206, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -6.20, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 37.50, 260.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0513 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.116 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1148, 33.4438, 73.9613)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A3DE #DE9156

analogous

#56DED5 #56A3DE #565FDE

triadic

#56A3DE #DE56A3 #A3DE56

tetradic

#56A3DE #D556DE #DE9156 #5FDE56

square

#56A3DE #D556DE #DE9156 #5FDE56

split-complementary

#56A3DE #DE565F #DED556

monochromatic

#1E659B #2886CE #56A3DE #89BFE8 #BCDBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#56A3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#56A3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A3DE

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A3DE	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7796DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 163, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.116 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bee8',
    500: '#56a3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a3de;
$custom-light: #91bee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.029,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69098,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A3DE

secondary

#E2C4AE

accent

#6716CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A3DE

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

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