#56A4D8#56A4D8

#56A4D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4D8
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -8.66, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 34.72, 255.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0542 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.109 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5032, 33.4844, 69.8608)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4D8 #D88A56

analogous

#56D8CB #56A4D8 #5663D8

triadic

#56A4D8 #D856A4 #A4D856

tetradic

#56A4D8 #CB56D8 #D88A56 #63D856

square

#56A4D8 #CB56D8 #D88A56 #63D856

split-complementary

#56A4D8 #D85663 #D8CB56

monochromatic

#226592 #2D87C4 #56A4D8 #88BFE3 #B9DAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#56A4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#56A4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4D8

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4D8	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B97D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bee4',
    500: '#56a4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4d8;
$custom-light: #90bee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6904,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4D8

secondary

#DEC0AB

accent

#8442E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4D8

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

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