#56B0DE#56B0DE

#56B0DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.109 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B0DE
RGB	rgb(86, 176, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -13.32, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 33.93, 246.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0649 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.109 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5428, 38.2998, 74.7707)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B0DE #DE8456

analogous

#56DEC8 #56B0DE #566CDE

triadic

#56B0DE #DE56B0 #B0DE56

tetradic

#56B0DE #C856DE #DE8456 #6CDE56

square

#56B0DE #C856DE #DE8456 #6CDE56

split-complementary

#56B0DE #DE566C #DEC856

monochromatic

#1E719B #2896CE #56B0DE #89C8E8 #BCE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#56B0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#56B0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B0DE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B0DE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 176, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.109 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7e8',
    500: '#56b0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b0de;
$custom-light: #92c7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.294,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72049,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B0DE

secondary

#E2BFAE

accent

#5516CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B0DE

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

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