#56B0DA#56B0DA

#56B0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.105 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0DA
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -14.55, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 32.67, 243.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0663 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.105 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0131, 38.0879, 71.9807)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0DA #DA8056

analogous

#56DAC2 #56B0DA #566EDA

triadic

#56B0DA #DA56B0 #B0DA56

tetradic

#56B0DA #C256DA #DA8056 #6EDA56

square

#56B0DA #C256DA #DA8056 #6EDA56

split-complementary

#56B0DA #DA566E #DAC256

monochromatic

#217095 #2C96C7 #56B0DA #88C7E5 #BADFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#56B0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#56B0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0DA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0DA	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.105 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7e5',
    500: '#56b0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0da;
$custom-light: #91c7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0DA

secondary

#E0BDAC

accent

#7641E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0DA

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

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