#56A8DE#56A8DE

#56A8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.113 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8DE
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -8.97, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 35.90, 255.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0565 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.113 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0202, 35.2546, 74.2631)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8DE #DE8C56

analogous

#56DED0 #56A8DE #5664DE

triadic

#56A8DE #DE56A8 #A8DE56

tetradic

#56A8DE #D056DE #DE8C56 #64DE56

square

#56A8DE #D056DE #DE8C56 #64DE56

split-complementary

#56A8DE #DE5664 #DED056

monochromatic

#1E6A9B #288DCE #56A8DE #89C2E8 #BCDDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#56A8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#56A8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8DE

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8DE	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9ADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.113 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1e8',
    500: '#56a8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8de;
$custom-light: #91c1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.824,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70227,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8DE

secondary

#E2C3AE

accent

#6016CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8DE

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

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