#56A8DA#56A8DA

#56A8DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.109 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8DA
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(203, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -10.23, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 34.37, 252.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0578 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.109 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4905, 35.0427, 71.4732)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8DA #DA8856

analogous

#56DACA #56A8DA #5666DA

triadic

#56A8DA #DA56A8 #A8DA56

tetradic

#56A8DA #CA56DA #DA8856 #66DA56

square

#56A8DA #CA56DA #DA8856 #66DA56

split-complementary

#56A8DA #DA5666 #DACA56

monochromatic

#216995 #2C8CC7 #56A8DA #88C2E5 #BADCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#56A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#56A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8DA

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8DA	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9AD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.109 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1e5',
    500: '#56a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8da;
$custom-light: #91c1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70043,
    "c": 0.10863,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8DA

secondary

#E0C0AC

accent

#8041E7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8DA

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

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