#56A8DF#56A8DF

#56A8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A8DF
RGB	rgb(86, 168, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -8.65, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 36.29, 256.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0562 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.114 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1546, 35.3084, 74.9711)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A8DF #DF8D56

analogous

#56DFD2 #56A8DF #5663DF

triadic

#56A8DF #DF56A8 #A8DF56

tetradic

#56A8DF #D256DF #DF8D56 #63DF56

square

#56A8DF #D256DF #DF8D56 #63DF56

split-complementary

#56A8DF #DF5663 #DFD256

monochromatic

#1E6A9D #278DD0 #56A8DF #89C2E9 #BDDDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#56A8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#56A8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A8DF

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A8DF	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9ADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 168, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1e9',
    500: '#56a8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a8df;
$custom-light: #91c1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.088,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70274,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A8DF

secondary

#E2C3AE

accent

#6015D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A8DF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →