#56B1DD#56B1DD

#56B1DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1DD
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -14.16, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 33.42, 244.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0663 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.108 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6060, 38.6399, 74.1325)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1DD #DD8256

analogous

#56DDC6 #56B1DD #566DDD

triadic

#56B1DD #DD56B1 #B1DD56

tetradic

#56B1DD #C656DD #DD8256 #6DDD56

square

#56B1DD #C656DD #DD8256 #6DDD56

split-complementary

#56B1DD #DD566D #DDC656

monochromatic

#1F729A #2997CD #56B1DD #89C9E7 #BCE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#56B1DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#56B1DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1DD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1DD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c8e7',
    500: '#56b1dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1dd;
$custom-light: #92c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1DD

secondary

#E1BEAE

accent

#5317CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1DD

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

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