#56B1DC#56B1DC

#56B1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.107 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1DC
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -14.47, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 33.11, 244.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0667 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.107 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4732, 38.5868, 73.4329)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1DC #DC8156

analogous

#56DCC4 #56B1DC #566EDC

triadic

#56B1DC #DC56B1 #B1DC56

tetradic

#56B1DC #C456DC #DC8156 #6EDC56

square

#56B1DC #C456DC #DC8156 #6EDC56

split-complementary

#56B1DC #DC566E #DCC456

monochromatic

#207198 #2A97CB #56B1DC #89C8E6 #BBE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#56B1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#56B1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1DC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1DC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.107 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c8e7',
    500: '#56b1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1dc;
$custom-light: #91c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7219,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1DC

secondary

#E1BEAD

accent

#763FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1DC

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

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