#56B1DA#56B1DA

#56B1DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1DA
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -15.09, -28.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 32.52, 242.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0674 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.105 230)
XYZ	xyz(32.2099, 38.4815, 72.0463)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1DA #DA7F56

analogous

#56DAC1 #56B1DA #566FDA

triadic

#56B1DA #DA56B1 #B1DA56

tetradic

#56B1DA #C156DA #DA7F56 #6FDA56

square

#56B1DA #C156DA #DA7F56 #6FDA56

split-complementary

#56B1DA #DA566F #DAC156

monochromatic

#217195 #2C97C7 #56B1DA #88C8E5 #BADFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#56B1DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#56B1DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1DA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1DA	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c8e5',
    500: '#56b1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1da;
$custom-light: #91c8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.636,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72103,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.38485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1DA

secondary

#E0BCAC

accent

#7441E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1DA

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

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