#56A9DB#56A9DB

#56A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9DB
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -10.46, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 34.48, 252.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0586 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.109 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8071, 35.4659, 72.2262)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9DB #DB8856

analogous

#56DBCA #56A9DB #5667DB

triadic

#56A9DB #DB56A9 #A9DB56

tetradic

#56A9DB #CA56DB #DB8856 #67DB56

square

#56A9DB #CA56DB #DB8856 #67DB56

split-complementary

#56A9DB #DB5667 #DBCA56

monochromatic

#206A97 #2B8EC9 #56A9DB #88C3E6 #BBDCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#56A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9DB

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9DB	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2e6',
    500: '#56a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9db;
$custom-light: #91c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.556,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70316,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9DB

secondary

#E0C0AD

accent

#7F40E8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9DB

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

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