#56A5DA#56A5DA

#56A5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.110 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5DA
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -8.58, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 35.21, 255.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0547 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.11 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9430, 33.9478, 71.2907)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5DA #DA8B56

analogous

#56DACD #56A5DA #5663DA

triadic

#56A5DA #DA56A5 #A5DA56

tetradic

#56A5DA #CD56DA #DA8B56 #63DA56

square

#56A5DA #CD56DA #DA8B56 #63DA56

split-complementary

#56A5DA #DA5663 #DACD56

monochromatic

#216695 #2C89C7 #56A5DA #88C0E5 #BADAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#56A5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#56A5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5DA

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5DA	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.110 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfe5',
    500: '#56a5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5da;
$custom-light: #91bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.091,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6936,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5DA

secondary

#E0C1AC

accent

#8441E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5DA

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

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