#56A5DB#56A5DB

#56A5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.111 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5DB
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 219)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -8.26, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 35.61, 256.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0543 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.111 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0743, 34.0003, 71.9819)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5DB #DB8C56

analogous

#56DBCF #56A5DB #5663DB

triadic

#56A5DB #DB56A5 #A5DB56

tetradic

#56A5DB #CF56DB #DB8C56 #63DB56

square

#56A5DB #CF56DB #DB8C56 #63DB56

split-complementary

#56A5DB #DB5663 #DBCF56

monochromatic

#206697 #2B89C9 #56A5DB #88C0E6 #BBDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56A5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#56A5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5DB

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5DB	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B98DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.111 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfe6',
    500: '#56a5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5db;
$custom-light: #91bfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.361,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69407,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5DB

secondary

#E0C2AD

accent

#8440E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5DB

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

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