#56B2DB#56B2DB

#56B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2DB
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -15.31, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 32.66, 242.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0681 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.105 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5394, 38.9305, 72.8036)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2DB #DB7F56

analogous

#56DBC1 #56B2DB #5670DB

triadic

#56B2DB #DB56B2 #B2DB56

tetradic

#56B2DB #C156DB #DB7F56 #70DB56

square

#56B2DB #C156DB #DB7F56 #70DB56

split-complementary

#56B2DB #DB5670 #DBC156

monochromatic

#207297 #2B98C9 #56B2DB #88C9E6 #BBE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#56B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#56B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2DB

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2DB	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e6',
    500: '#56b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2db;
$custom-light: #91c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.496,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2DB

secondary

#E0BDAD

accent

#7440E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2DB

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

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