#56A4DD#56A4DD

#56A4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4DD
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -7.07, -36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 36.74, 258.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0526 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.114 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1595, 33.7469, 73.3170)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4DD #DD8F56

analogous

#56DDD2 #56A4DD #5661DD

triadic

#56A4DD #DD56A4 #A4DD56

tetradic

#56A4DD #D256DD #DD8F56 #61DD56

square

#56A4DD #D256DD #DD8F56 #61DD56

split-complementary

#56A4DD #DD5661 #DDD256

monochromatic

#1F669A #2988CD #56A4DD #89BFE7 #BCDBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56A4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#56A4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4DD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4DD	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7897DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bee7',
    500: '#56a4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4dd;
$custom-light: #91bee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69276,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4DD

secondary

#E1C3AE

accent

#6417CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4DD

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

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