#56A5DE#56A5DE

#56A5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.115 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A5DE
RGB	rgb(86, 165, 222)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, -7.31, -36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 36.83, 258.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.0534 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.115 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4728, 34.1597, 74.0806)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A5DE #DE8F56

analogous

#56DED3 #56A5DE #5661DE

triadic

#56A5DE #DE56A5 #A5DE56

tetradic

#56A5DE #D356DE #DE8F56 #61DE56

square

#56A5DE #D356DE #DE8F56 #61DE56

split-complementary

#56A5DE #DE5661 #DED356

monochromatic

#1E679B #2889CE #56A5DE #89C0E8 #BCDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#56A5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#56A5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A5DE

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A5DE	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7998DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 165, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.115 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfe8',
    500: '#56a5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a5de;
$custom-light: #91bfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.147,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69549,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A5DE

secondary

#E2C4AE

accent

#6416CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A5DE

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

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