#56B2DF#56B2DF

#56B2DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B2DF
RGB	rgb(86, 178, 223)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -14.08, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 33.87, 245.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0667 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.109 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0723, 39.1436, 75.6103)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B2DF #DF8356

analogous

#56DFC7 #56B2DF #566DDF

triadic

#56B2DF #DF56B2 #B2DF56

tetradic

#56B2DF #C756DF #DF8356 #6DDF56

square

#56B2DF #C756DF #DF8356 #6DDF56

split-complementary

#56B2DF #DF566D #DFC756

monochromatic

#1E739D #2799D0 #56B2DF #89C9E9 #BDE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#56B2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#56B2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B2DF

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B2DF	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 178, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9e9',
    500: '#56b2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b2df;
$custom-light: #92c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.708,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7255,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B2DF

secondary

#E2BFAE

accent

#5315D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B2DF

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

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