#56A7DD#56A7DD

#56A7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A7DD
RGB	rgb(86, 167, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -8.73, -34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 35.80, 255.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0558 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.112 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7027, 34.8333, 73.4981)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A7DD #DD8C56

analogous

#56DDCF #56A7DD #5664DD

triadic

#56A7DD #DD56A7 #A7DD56

tetradic

#56A7DD #CF56DD #DD8C56 #64DD56

square

#56A7DD #CF56DD #DD8C56 #64DD56

split-complementary

#56A7DD #DD5664 #DDCF56

monochromatic

#1F699A #298BCD #56A7DD #89C2E7 #BCDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#56A7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#56A7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A7DD

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A7DD	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 167, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1e7',
    500: '#56a7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a7dd;
$custom-light: #91c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69954,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A7DD

secondary

#E1C2AE

accent

#6017CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A7DD

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

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