#56B1DF#56B1DF

#56B1DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.109 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B1DF
RGB	rgb(86, 177, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -13.54, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 34.06, 246.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0656 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.109 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8740, 38.7472, 75.5442)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B1DF #DF8456

analogous

#56DFC8 #56B1DF #566CDF

triadic

#56B1DF #DF56B1 #B1DF56

tetradic

#56B1DF #C856DF #DF8456 #6CDF56

square

#56B1DF #C856DF #DF8456 #6CDF56

split-complementary

#56B1DF #DF566C #DFC856

monochromatic

#1E729D #2798D0 #56B1DF #89C9E9 #BDE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#56B1DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#56B1DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B1DF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B1DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B1DF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b1df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 177, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.109 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c8e9',
    500: '#56b1df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b1df;
$custom-light: #92c8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b1df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.146,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72321,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B1DF

secondary

#E2C0AE

accent

#5415D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B1DF

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

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