#56B1DE#56B1DE

#56B1DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.108 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1DE
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -13.85, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 33.74, 245.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.066 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.108 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7396, 38.6934, 74.8363)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1DE #DE8356

analogous

#56DEC7 #56B1DE #566DDE

triadic

#56B1DE #DE56B1 #B1DE56

tetradic

#56B1DE #C756DE #DE8356 #6DDE56

square

#56B1DE #C756DE #DE8356 #6DDE56

split-complementary

#56B1DE #DE566D #DEC756

monochromatic

#1E729B #2898CE #56B1DE #89C9E8 #BCE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56B1DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#56B1DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1DE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1DE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.108 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c8e8',
    500: '#56b1de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1de;
$custom-light: #92c8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.853,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1DE

secondary

#E2BFAE

accent

#5316CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1DE

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

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