#56ABDD#56ABDD

#56ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56ABDD
RGB	rgb(86, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -10.93, -32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 34.71, 251.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.06 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.11 237)
XYZ	xyz(31.4468, 36.3216, 73.7461)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56ABDD #DD8856

analogous

#56DDCB #56ABDD #5668DD

triadic

#56ABDD #DD56AB #ABDD56

tetradic

#56ABDD #CB56DD #DD8856 #68DD56

square

#56ABDD #CB56DD #DD8856 #68DD56

split-complementary

#56ABDD #DD5668 #DDCB56

monochromatic

#1F6C9A #2990CD #56ABDD #89C4E7 #BCDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#56ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#56ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56ABDD

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56ABDD	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4e7',
    500: '#56abdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56abdd;
$custom-light: #91c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70863,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.36325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56ABDD

secondary

#E1C1AE

accent

#5B17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56ABDD

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

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