#56A5D7#56A5D7

#56A5D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.107 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5D7
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 215)
HSL	hsl(203, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 23.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -9.53, -32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 34.04, 253.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0556 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.107 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5540, 33.7922, 69.2419)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5D7 #D78856

analogous

#56D7C9 #56A5D7 #5665D7

triadic

#56A5D7 #D756A5 #A5D756

tetradic

#56A5D7 #C956D7 #D78856 #65D756

square

#56A5D7 #C956D7 #D78856 #65D756

split-complementary

#56A5D7 #D75665 #D7C956

monochromatic

#226690 #2E89C2 #56A5D7 #87BFE3 #B9DAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#56A5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#56A5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5D7

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5D7	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C97D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.107 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bfe3',
    500: '#56a5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5d7;
$custom-light: #90bfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.256,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69221,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5D7

secondary

#DEBFAB

accent

#8243E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5D7

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

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