#56B4DE#56B4DE

#56B4DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.107 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4DE
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 18.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -15.45, -29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 33.24, 242.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0691 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.107 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3387, 39.8915, 75.0360)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4DE #DE8056

analogous

#56DEC4 #56B4DE #5670DE

triadic

#56B4DE #DE56B4 #B4DE56

tetradic

#56B4DE #C456DE #DE8056 #70DE56

square

#56B4DE #C456DE #DE8056 #70DE56

split-complementary

#56B4DE #DE5670 #DEC456

monochromatic

#1E759B #289BCE #56B4DE #89CBE8 #BCE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56B4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#56B4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4DE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4DE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.107 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cae8',
    500: '#56b4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4de;
$custom-light: #92cae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.529,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72965,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4DE

secondary

#E2BEAE

accent

#4F16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4DE

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

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