#56A6DC#56A6DC

#56A6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6DC
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 24.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -8.50, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 35.71, 256.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0551 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.112 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3874, 34.4152, 72.7377)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6DC #DC8C56

analogous

#56DCCF #56A6DC #5663DC

triadic

#56A6DC #DC56A6 #A6DC56

tetradic

#56A6DC #CF56DC #DC8C56 #63DC56

square

#56A6DC #CF56DC #DC8C56 #63DC56

split-complementary

#56A6DC #DC5663 #DCCF56

monochromatic

#206898 #2A8ACB #56A6DC #89C1E6 #BBDBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56A6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#56A6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6DC

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6DC	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0e7',
    500: '#56a6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6dc;
$custom-light: #91c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69681,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6DC

secondary

#E1C2AD

accent

#833FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6DC

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

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