#56A5DC#56A5DC

#56A5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5DC
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -7.95, -35.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 36.01, 257.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.054 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.112 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2063, 34.0531, 72.6773)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5DC #DC8D56

analogous

#56DCD0 #56A5DC #5662DC

triadic

#56A5DC #DC56A5 #A5DC56

tetradic

#56A5DC #D056DC #DC8D56 #62DC56

square

#56A5DC #D056DC #DC8D56 #62DC56

split-complementary

#56A5DC #DC5662 #DCD056

monochromatic

#206798 #2A89CB #56A5DC #89C0E6 #BBDBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#56A5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#56A5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5DC

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5DC	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfe7',
    500: '#56a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5dc;
$custom-light: #91bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.627,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69454,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5DC

secondary

#E1C2AD

accent

#853FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5DC

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

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