#56AADD#56AADD

#56AADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56AADD
RGBrgb(86, 170, 221)
HSLhsl(203, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(203, 61%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(61.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.48, -10.38, -33.39)
CIE-LCHlch(66.48, 34.96, 252.73°)
OKLaboklab(70.64% -0.059 -0.0936)
OKLCHoklch(70.64% 0.111 237.8)
XYZxyz(31.2587, 35.9453, 73.6834)
Luminance0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56AADD #DD8956
analogous
#56DDCD #56AADD #5666DD
triadic
#56AADD #DD56AA #AADD56
tetradic
#56AADD #CD56DD #DD8956 #66DD56
square
#56AADD #CD56DD #DD8956 #66DD56
split-complementary
#56AADD #DD5666 #DDCD56
monochromatic
#1F6B9A #298FCD #56AADD #89C4E7 #BCDDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#56AADD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19
#56AADD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AADD
8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56AADD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56AADD1.002.568.198.19
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1921.001.001.00
##0000008.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92A9DF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#809CDC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 237.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3e7',
    500: '#56aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56aadd;
$custom-light: #91c3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70635,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56AADD
secondary
#E1C1AE
accent
#5C17CE
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F7FC
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AADD

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#56AADD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva