#56B1DB#56B1DB

#56B1DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1DB
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -14.78, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 32.81, 243.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.067 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.106 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3411, 38.5340, 72.7375)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1DB #DB8056

analogous

#56DBC2 #56B1DB #566FDB

triadic

#56B1DB #DB56B1 #B1DB56

tetradic

#56B1DB #C256DB #DB8056 #6FDB56

square

#56B1DB #C256DB #DB8056 #6FDB56

split-complementary

#56B1DB #DB566F #DBC256

monochromatic

#207197 #2B97C9 #56B1DB #88C8E6 #BBE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#56B1DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#56B1DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1DB

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1DB	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c8e6',
    500: '#56b1db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1db;
$custom-light: #91c8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1DB

secondary

#E0BDAD

accent

#7540E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1DB

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

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