#56B4DB#56B4DB

#56B4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4DB
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -16.37, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 32.40, 239.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0702 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.105 228)
XYZ	xyz(32.9402, 39.7321, 72.9372)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4DB #DB7D56

analogous

#56DBC0 #56B4DB #5672DB

triadic

#56B4DB #DB56B4 #B4DB56

tetradic

#56B4DB #C056DB #DB7D56 #72DB56

square

#56B4DB #C056DB #DB7D56 #72DB56

split-complementary

#56B4DB #DB5672 #DBC056

monochromatic

#207497 #2B9BC9 #56B4DB #88CAE6 #BBE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#56B4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#56B4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4DB

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4DB	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cae6',
    500: '#56b4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4db;
$custom-light: #91cae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.39735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4DB

secondary

#E0BCAD

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4DB

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

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