#56B3DE#56B3DE

#56B3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.108 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3DE
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -14.92, -29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 33.39, 243.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0681 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.108 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1375, 39.4893, 74.9689)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3DE #DE8156

analogous

#56DEC5 #56B3DE #566FDE

triadic

#56B3DE #DE56B3 #B3DE56

tetradic

#56B3DE #C556DE #DE8156 #6FDE56

square

#56B3DE #C556DE #DE8156 #6FDE56

split-complementary

#56B3DE #DE566F #DEC556

monochromatic

#1E749B #289ACE #56B3DE #89CAE8 #BCE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56B3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#56B3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3DE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3DE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.108 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9e8',
    500: '#56b3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3de;
$custom-light: #92c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.971,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72736,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3DE

secondary

#E2BEAE

accent

#5116CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3DE

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

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