#56A5DD#56A5DD

#56A5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5DD
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -7.63, -35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 36.42, 257.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0537 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.114 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3391, 34.1062, 73.3769)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5DD #DD8E56

analogous

#56DDD1 #56A5DD #5661DD

triadic

#56A5DD #DD56A5 #A5DD56

tetradic

#56A5DD #D156DD #DD8E56 #61DD56

square

#56A5DD #D156DD #DD8E56 #61DD56

split-complementary

#56A5DD #DD5661 #DDD156

monochromatic

#1F679A #2989CD #56A5DD #89C0E7 #BCDBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#56A5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#56A5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5DD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5DD	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A98DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfe7',
    500: '#56a5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5dd;
$custom-light: #91bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69501,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5DD

secondary

#E1C3AE

accent

#6317CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5DD

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

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