#56B0DD#56B0DD

#56B0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.108 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0DD
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -13.63, -30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 33.61, 246.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0653 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.108 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4092, 38.2464, 74.0669)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0DD #DD8356

analogous

#56DDC6 #56B0DD #566DDD

triadic

#56B0DD #DD56B0 #B0DD56

tetradic

#56B0DD #C656DD #DD8356 #6DDD56

square

#56B0DD #C656DD #DD8356 #6DDD56

split-complementary

#56B0DD #DD566D #DDC656

monochromatic

#1F719A #2996CD #56B0DD #89C8E7 #BCE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#56B0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#56B0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0DD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0DD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.108 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7e7',
    500: '#56b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0dd;
$custom-light: #91c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72004,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0DD

secondary

#E1BFAE

accent

#5417CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0DD

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

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