#56A8DC#56A8DC

#56A8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8DC
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -9.60, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 35.13, 254.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0572 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.111 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7538, 35.1480, 72.8598)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8DC #DC8A56

analogous

#56DCCD #56A8DC #5665DC

triadic

#56A8DC #DC56A8 #A8DC56

tetradic

#56A8DC #CD56DC #DC8A56 #65DC56

square

#56A8DC #CD56DC #DC8A56 #65DC56

split-complementary

#56A8DC #DC5665 #DCCD56

monochromatic

#206998 #2A8CCB #56A8DC #89C2E6 #BBDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#56A8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#56A8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8DC

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8DC	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1e7',
    500: '#56a8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8dc;
$custom-light: #91c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8DC

secondary

#E1C1AD

accent

#813FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8DC

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

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