#56A6DB#56A6DB

#56A6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.111 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6DB
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 219)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -8.82, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 35.31, 255.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0554 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.111 240)
XYZ	xyz(30.2553, 34.3624, 72.0423)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6DB #DB8B56

analogous

#56DBCE #56A6DB #5663DB

triadic

#56A6DB #DB56A6 #A6DB56

tetradic

#56A6DB #CE56DB #DB8B56 #63DB56

square

#56A6DB #CE56DB #DB8B56 #63DB56

split-complementary

#56A6DB #DB5663 #DBCE56

monochromatic

#206797 #2B8AC9 #56A6DB #88C1E6 #BBDBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#56A6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#56A6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6DB

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6DB	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C98DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.111 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0e6',
    500: '#56a6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6db;
$custom-light: #91c0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.91,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69634,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.34365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6DB

secondary

#E0C1AD

accent

#8340E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6DB

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

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