#56A6DF#56A6DF

#56A6DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.115 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A6DF
RGB	rgb(86, 166, 223)
HSL	hsl(205, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -7.55, -36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 36.92, 258.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0541 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.115 242)
XYZ	xyz(30.7883, 34.5756, 74.8489)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A6DF #DF8F56

analogous

#56DFD4 #56A6DF #5661DF

triadic

#56A6DF #DF56A6 #A6DF56

tetradic

#56A6DF #D456DF #DF8F56 #61DF56

square

#56A6DF #D456DF #DF8F56 #61DF56

split-complementary

#56A6DF #DF5661 #DFD456

monochromatic

#1E689D #278AD0 #56A6DF #89C1E9 #BDDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#56A6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#56A6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A6DF

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A6DF	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A99DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 166, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.115 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c0e9',
    500: '#56a6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a6df;
$custom-light: #91c0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.964,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69822,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.34579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A6DF

secondary

#E2C4AE

accent

#6315D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A6DF

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

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