#56B4DD#56B4DD

#56B4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.107 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4DD
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -15.76, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 32.95, 241.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0695 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.107 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2051, 39.8381, 74.3322)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4DD #DD7F56

analogous

#56DDC2 #56B4DD #5671DD

triadic

#56B4DD #DD56B4 #B4DD56

tetradic

#56B4DD #C256DD #DD7F56 #71DD56

square

#56B4DD #C256DD #DD7F56 #71DD56

split-complementary

#56B4DD #DD5671 #DDC256

monochromatic

#1F749A #299BCD #56B4DD #89CBE7 #BCE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56B4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#56B4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4DD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4DD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.107 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cae7',
    500: '#56b4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4dd;
$custom-light: #92cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72922,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4DD

secondary

#E1BDAE

accent

#4F17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4DD

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

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