#56B3DA#56B3DA

#56B3DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3DA
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -16.15, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 32.25, 239.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0695 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.104 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6078, 39.2774, 72.1789)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3DA #DA7D56

analogous

#56DABF #56B3DA #5671DA

triadic

#56B3DA #DA56B3 #B3DA56

tetradic

#56B3DA #BF56DA #DA7D56 #71DA56

square

#56B3DA #BF56DA #DA7D56 #71DA56

split-complementary

#56B3DA #DA5671 #DABF56

monochromatic

#217395 #2C99C7 #56B3DA #88CAE5 #BAE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#56B3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#56B3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3DA

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3DA	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e5',
    500: '#56b3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3da;
$custom-light: #91c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72564,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3DA

secondary

#E0BBAC

accent

#7241E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3DA

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

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