#56AFDB#56AFDB

#56AFDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.106 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFDB
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -13.71, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 33.15, 245.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0649 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.106 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9490, 37.7497, 72.6068)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFDB #DB8256

analogous

#56DBC5 #56AFDB #566CDB

triadic

#56AFDB #DB56AF #AFDB56

tetradic

#56AFDB #C556DB #DB8256 #6CDB56

square

#56AFDB #C556DB #DB8256 #6CDB56

split-complementary

#56AFDB #DB566C #DBC556

monochromatic

#206F97 #2B95C9 #56AFDB #88C7E6 #BBDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#56AFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#56AFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFDB

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFDB	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.106 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e6',
    500: '#56afdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afdb;
$custom-light: #91c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.85,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71687,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFDB

secondary

#E0BEAD

accent

#7740E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFDB

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

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