#56B3DD#56B3DD

#56B3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3DD
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -15.23, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 33.10, 242.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0684 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.107 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0039, 39.4358, 74.2652)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3DD #DD8056

analogous

#56DDC4 #56B3DD #566FDD

triadic

#56B3DD #DD56B3 #B3DD56

tetradic

#56B3DD #C456DD #DD8056 #6FDD56

square

#56B3DD #C456DD #DD8056 #6FDD56

split-complementary

#56B3DD #DD566F #DDC456

monochromatic

#1F739A #299ACD #56B3DD #89CAE7 #BCE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56B3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#56B3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3DD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3DD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9e7',
    500: '#56b3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3dd;
$custom-light: #92c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72692,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3DD

secondary

#E1BEAE

accent

#5017CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3DD

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

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