#56A9DC#56A9DC

#56A9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.110 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A9DC
RGB	rgb(86, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -10.15, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 34.85, 253.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0582 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.11 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9391, 35.5187, 72.9216)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A9DC #DC8956

analogous

#56DCCC #56A9DC #5666DC

triadic

#56A9DC #DC56A9 #A9DC56

tetradic

#56A9DC #CC56DC #DC8956 #66DC56

square

#56A9DC #CC56DC #DC8956 #66DC56

split-complementary

#56A9DC #DC5666 #DCCC56

monochromatic

#206A98 #2A8ECB #56A9DC #89C3E6 #BBDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#56A9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#56A9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A9DC

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A9DC	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.110 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2e7',
    500: '#56a9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a9dc;
$custom-light: #91c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.836,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70362,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A9DC

secondary

#E1C1AD

accent

#803FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A9DC

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

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