#56A6DD#56A6DD

#56A6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6DD
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 24.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -8.18, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 36.10, 256.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0547 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.113 241)
XYZ	xyz(30.5202, 34.4684, 73.4372)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6DD #DD8D56

analogous

#56DDD0 #56A6DD #5663DD

triadic

#56A6DD #DD56A6 #A6DD56

tetradic

#56A6DD #D056DD #DD8D56 #63DD56

square

#56A6DD #D056DD #DD8D56 #63DD56

split-complementary

#56A6DD #DD5663 #DDD056

monochromatic

#1F689A #298ACD #56A6DD #89C1E7 #BCDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#56A6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#56A6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6DD

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6DD	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0e7',
    500: '#56a6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6dd;
$custom-light: #91c0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69728,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.34471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6DD

secondary

#E1C3AE

accent

#6217CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6DD

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

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