#56ABD9#56ABD9

#56ABD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABD9
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -12.18, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 33.29, 248.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0614 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.106 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9203, 36.1110, 70.9728)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABD9 #D98456

analogous

#56D9C6 #56ABD9 #566AD9

triadic

#56ABD9 #D956AB #ABD956

tetradic

#56ABD9 #C656D9 #D98456 #6AD956

square

#56ABD9 #C656D9 #D98456 #6AD956

split-complementary

#56ABD9 #D9566A #D9C656

monochromatic

#216B93 #2C90C5 #56ABD9 #88C4E4 #BADDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#56ABD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#56ABD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABD9

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABD9	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4e5',
    500: '#56abd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abd9;
$custom-light: #91c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.069,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70682,
    "c": 0.10623,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABD9

secondary

#DFBEAC

accent

#7B41E6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABD9

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

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