#56A4DB#56A4DB

#56A4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.112 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4DB
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 219)
HSL	hsl(205, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 25.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -7.71, -35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 35.92, 257.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0533 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.112 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8946, 33.6410, 71.9220)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4DB #DB8D56

analogous

#56DBCF #56A4DB #5662DB

triadic

#56A4DB #DB56A4 #A4DB56

tetradic

#56A4DB #CF56DB #DB8D56 #62DB56

square

#56A4DB #CF56DB #DB8D56 #62DB56

split-complementary

#56A4DB #DB5662 #DBCF56

monochromatic

#206697 #2B88C9 #56A4DB #88BFE6 #BBDAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#56A4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#56A4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4DB

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4DB	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.112 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bee6',
    500: '#56a4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4db;
$custom-light: #91bee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.812,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69181,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4DB

secondary

#E0C2AD

accent

#8540E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4DB

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

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