#56B0DC#56B0DC

#56B0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0DC
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 20%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -13.94, -30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 33.29, 245.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0656 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.107 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2764, 38.1932, 73.3673)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0DC #DC8256

analogous

#56DCC5 #56B0DC #566DDC

triadic

#56B0DC #DC56B0 #B0DC56

tetradic

#56B0DC #C556DC #DC8256 #6DDC56

square

#56B0DC #C556DC #DC8256 #6DDC56

split-complementary

#56B0DC #DC566D #DCC556

monochromatic

#207198 #2A96CB #56B0DC #89C8E6 #BBDFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#56B0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0DC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0DC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7e7',
    500: '#56b0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0dc;
$custom-light: #91c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0DC

secondary

#E1BEAD

accent

#773FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0DC

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

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