#56A4D2#56A4D2

#56A4D2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.103 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4D2
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 210)
HSL	hsl(202, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 21.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -10.54, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 32.44, 251.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0563 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.103 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7417, 33.1798, 65.8499)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4D2 #D28456

analogous

#56D2C2 #56A4D2 #5666D2

triadic

#56A4D2 #D256A4 #A4D256

tetradic

#56A4D2 #C256D2 #D28456 #66D256

square

#56A4D2 #C256D2 #D28456 #66D256

split-complementary

#56A4D2 #D25666 #D2C256

monochromatic

#256489 #3187B9 #56A4D2 #86BEDF #B7D8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#56A4D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#56A4D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4D2

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4D2	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D96D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.103 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee0',
    500: '#56a4d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4d2;
$custom-light: #90bee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.258,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68765,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4D2

secondary

#DBBCA9

accent

#8047E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4D2

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

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