#56B2DD#56B2DD

#56B2DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.107 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2DD
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -14.70, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 33.25, 243.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0674 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.107 231)
XYZ	xyz(32.8042, 39.0364, 74.1986)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2DD #DD8156

analogous

#56DDC4 #56B2DD #566FDD

triadic

#56B2DD #DD56B2 #B2DD56

tetradic

#56B2DD #C456DD #DD8156 #6FDD56

square

#56B2DD #C456DD #DD8156 #6FDD56

split-complementary

#56B2DD #DD566F #DDC456

monochromatic

#1F739A #2999CD #56B2DD #89C9E7 #BCE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#56B2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#56B2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2DD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2DD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.107 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9e7',
    500: '#56b2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2dd;
$custom-light: #92c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.3904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2DD

secondary

#E1BEAE

accent

#5117CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2DD

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

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