#56A4DC#56A4DC

#56A4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4DC
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -7.39, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 36.33, 258.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0529 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.113 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0266, 33.6938, 72.6174)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4DC #DC8E56

analogous

#56DCD1 #56A4DC #5661DC

triadic

#56A4DC #DC56A4 #A4DC56

tetradic

#56A4DC #D156DC #DC8E56 #61DC56

square

#56A4DC #D156DC #DC8E56 #61DC56

split-complementary

#56A4DC #DC5661 #DCD156

monochromatic

#206698 #2A88CB #56A4DC #89BFE6 #BBDBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56A4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#56A4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4DC

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4DC	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7997DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bee7',
    500: '#56a4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4dc;
$custom-light: #91bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.075,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69228,
    "c": 0.11307,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4DC

secondary

#E1C3AD

accent

#863FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4DC

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

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