#56AFDD#56AFDD

#56AFDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56AFDD
RGB	rgb(86, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -13.09, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 33.80, 247.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0642 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.108 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2139, 37.8557, 74.0018)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56AFDD #DD8456

analogous

#56DDC7 #56AFDD #566CDD

triadic

#56AFDD #DD56AF #AFDD56

tetradic

#56AFDD #C756DD #DD8456 #6CDD56

square

#56AFDD #C756DD #DD8456 #6CDD56

split-complementary

#56AFDD #DD566C #DDC756

monochromatic

#1F709A #2995CD #56AFDD #89C7E7 #BCDFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#56AFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#56AFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56AFDD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56AFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56AFDD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56afdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6e7',
    500: '#56afdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56afdd;
$custom-light: #91c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56afdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71776,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56AFDD

secondary

#E1BFAE

accent

#5617CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56AFDD

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

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