#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
RGB	rgb(86, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -10.38, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 34.96, 252.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.059 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.111 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2587, 35.9453, 73.6834)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##56AADD	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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