#56B0DB#56B0DB

#56B0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0DB
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -14.25, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 32.98, 244.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.066 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.106 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1443, 38.1404, 72.6719)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0DB #DB8156

analogous

#56DBC3 #56B0DB #566EDB

triadic

#56B0DB #DB56B0 #B0DB56

tetradic

#56B0DB #C356DB #DB8156 #6EDB56

square

#56B0DB #C356DB #DB8156 #6EDB56

split-complementary

#56B0DB #DB566E #DBC356

monochromatic

#207097 #2B96C9 #56B0DB #88C8E6 #BBDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#56B0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0DB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0DB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7e6',
    500: '#56b0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0db;
$custom-light: #91c7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71917,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0DB

secondary

#E0BDAD

accent

#7640E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0DB

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

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