#56ABD8#56ABD8

#56ABD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABD8
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -12.49, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 32.96, 247.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0617 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.105 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7906, 36.0591, 70.2899)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABD8 #D88356

analogous

#56D8C4 #56ABD8 #566AD8

triadic

#56ABD8 #D856AB #ABD856

tetradic

#56ABD8 #C456D8 #D88356 #6AD856

square

#56ABD8 #C456D8 #D88356 #6AD856

split-complementary

#56ABD8 #D8566A #D8C456

monochromatic

#226B92 #2D90C4 #56ABD8 #88C4E3 #B9DCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#56ABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#56ABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABD8

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABD8	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4e4',
    500: '#56abd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abd8;
$custom-light: #91c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70638,
    "c": 0.10529,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABD8

secondary

#DEBDAB

accent

#7B42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABD8

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

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