#56B3DB#56B3DB

#56B3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3DB
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -15.84, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 32.53, 240.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0692 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.105 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7391, 39.3299, 72.8702)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3DB #DB7E56

analogous

#56DBC0 #56B3DB #5671DB

triadic

#56B3DB #DB56B3 #B3DB56

tetradic

#56B3DB #C056DB #DB7E56 #71DB56

square

#56B3DB #C056DB #DB7E56 #71DB56

split-complementary

#56B3DB #DB5671 #DBC056

monochromatic

#207397 #2B99C9 #56B3DB #88CAE6 #BBE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#56B3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#56B3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3DB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3DB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9e6',
    500: '#56b3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3db;
$custom-light: #91c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3DB

secondary

#E0BCAD

accent

#7240E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3DB

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

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