#56A8D6#56A8D6

#56A8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.105 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8D6
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 214)
HSL	hsl(202, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -11.48, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 32.92, 249.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0592 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.105 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9734, 34.8359, 68.7497)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8D6 #D68456

analogous

#56D6C4 #56A8D6 #5668D6

triadic

#56A8D6 #D656A8 #A8D656

tetradic

#56A8D6 #C456D6 #D68456 #68D656

square

#56A8D6 #C456D6 #D68456 #68D656

split-complementary

#56A8D6 #D65668 #D6C456

monochromatic

#23688F #2F8CC0 #56A8D6 #87C1E2 #B9DBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#56A8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#56A8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8D6

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8D6	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)

#92A7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.105 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1e2',
    500: '#56a8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8d6;
$custom-light: #90c1e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.563,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69861,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8D6

secondary

#DDBDAB

accent

#7D44E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8D6

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

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