#56B2DA#56B2DA

#56B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2DA
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -15.62, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 32.38, 241.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0685 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.105 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4081, 38.8780, 72.1124)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2DA #DA7E56

analogous

#56DAC0 #56B2DA #5670DA

triadic

#56B2DA #DA56B2 #B2DA56

tetradic

#56B2DA #C056DA #DA7E56 #70DA56

square

#56B2DA #C056DA #DA7E56 #70DA56

split-complementary

#56B2DA #DA5670 #DAC056

monochromatic

#217295 #2C98C7 #56B2DA #88C9E5 #BAE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#56B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#56B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2DA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2DA	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e5',
    500: '#56b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2da;
$custom-light: #91c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72333,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2DA

secondary

#E0BCAC

accent

#7341E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2DA

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

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