#56A8DD#56A8DD

#56A8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.112 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8DD
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -9.29, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 35.51, 254.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0568 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.112 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8866, 35.2012, 73.5594)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8DD #DD8B56

analogous

#56DDCF #56A8DD #5664DD

triadic

#56A8DD #DD56A8 #A8DD56

tetradic

#56A8DD #CF56DD #DD8B56 #64DD56

square

#56A8DD #CF56DD #DD8B56 #64DD56

split-complementary

#56A8DD #DD5664 #DDCF56

monochromatic

#1F699A #298CCD #56A8DD #89C2E7 #BCDCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#56A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#56A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8DD

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8DD	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.112 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1e7',
    500: '#56a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8dd;
$custom-light: #91c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70181,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8DD

secondary

#E1C2AE

accent

#5F17CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8DD

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

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