#56B4DF#56B4DF

#56B4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B4DF
RGB	rgb(86, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -15.14, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 33.53, 243.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0688 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.108 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4731, 39.9453, 75.7439)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B4DF #DF8156

analogous

#56DFC5 #56B4DF #566FDF

triadic

#56B4DF #DF56B4 #B4DF56

tetradic

#56B4DF #C556DF #DF8156 #6FDF56

square

#56B4DF #C556DF #DF8156 #6FDF56

split-complementary

#56B4DF #DF566F #DFC556

monochromatic

#1E759D #279BD0 #56B4DF #89CBE9 #BDE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#56B4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#56B4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B4DF

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B4DF	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cae9',
    500: '#56b4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b4df;
$custom-light: #92cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.832,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73008,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B4DF

secondary

#E2BFAE

accent

#5015D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B4DF

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

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