#56B4DC#56B4DC

#56B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4DC
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -16.06, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 32.67, 240.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0698 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.106 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0722, 39.7850, 73.6326)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4DC #DC7E56

analogous

#56DCC1 #56B4DC #5671DC

triadic

#56B4DC #DC56B4 #B4DC56

tetradic

#56B4DC #C156DC #DC7E56 #71DC56

square

#56B4DC #C156DC #DC7E56 #71DC56

split-complementary

#56B4DC #DC5671 #DCC156

monochromatic

#207498 #2A9BCB #56B4DC #89CBE6 #BBE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#56B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4DC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4DC	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cae7',
    500: '#56b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4dc;
$custom-light: #92cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4DC

secondary

#E1BDAD

accent

#723FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4DC

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

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