#56B3DF#56B3DF

#56B3DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B3DF
RGB	rgb(86, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -14.61, -30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 33.69, 244.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0677 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.109 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2720, 39.5430, 75.6769)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B3DF #DF8256

analogous

#56DFC6 #56B3DF #566EDF

triadic

#56B3DF #DF56B3 #B3DF56

tetradic

#56B3DF #C656DF #DF8256 #6EDF56

square

#56B3DF #C656DF #DF8256 #6EDF56

split-complementary

#56B3DF #DF566E #DFC656

monochromatic

#1E749D #279AD0 #56B3DF #89CAE9 #BDE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#56B3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#56B3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B3DF

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B3DF	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9e9',
    500: '#56b3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b3df;
$custom-light: #92c9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.27,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B3DF

secondary

#E2BFAE

accent

#5115D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B3DF

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

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