#56ABD2#56ABD2

#56ABD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABD2
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 210)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 18.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -14.34, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 31.06, 242.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0638 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.1 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0290, 35.7545, 66.2791)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABD2 #D27D56

analogous

#56D2BB #56ABD2 #566DD2

triadic

#56ABD2 #D256AB #ABD256

tetradic

#56ABD2 #BB56D2 #D27D56 #6DD256

square

#56ABD2 #BB56D2 #D27D56 #6DD256

split-complementary

#56ABD2 #D2566D #D2BB56

monochromatic

#256989 #318FB9 #56ABD2 #86C3DF #B7DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#56ABD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#56ABD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABD2

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABD2	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4e0',
    500: '#56abd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abd2;
$custom-light: #90c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.871,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70375,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABD2

secondary

#DBB9A9

accent

#7747E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABD2

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

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