#56A4DA#56A4DA

#56A4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.111 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4DA
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 218)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -8.03, -34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 35.51, 256.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0536 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.111 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7634, 33.5885, 71.2308)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4DA #DA8C56

analogous

#56DACE #56A4DA #5662DA

triadic

#56A4DA #DA56A4 #A4DA56

tetradic

#56A4DA #CE56DA #DA8C56 #62DA56

square

#56A4DA #CE56DA #DA8C56 #62DA56

split-complementary

#56A4DA #DA5662 #DACE56

monochromatic

#216595 #2C88C7 #56A4DA #88BFE5 #BADAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#56A4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#56A4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4DA

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4DA	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A97D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.111 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bee5',
    500: '#56a4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4da;
$custom-light: #91bee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69134,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4DA

secondary

#E0C1AC

accent

#8541E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4DA

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

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