#56B5DA#56B5DA

#56B5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5DA
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -17.20, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 32.04, 237.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0716 -0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.104 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0116, 40.0849, 72.3135)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5DA #DA7B56

analogous

#56DABD #56B5DA #5673DA

triadic

#56B5DA #DA56B5 #B5DA56

tetradic

#56B5DA #BD56DA #DA7B56 #73DA56

square

#56B5DA #BD56DA #DA7B56 #73DA56

split-complementary

#56B5DA #DA5673 #DABD56

monochromatic

#217495 #2C9CC7 #56B5DA #88CBE5 #BAE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#56B5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#56B5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5DA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5DA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbe5',
    500: '#56b5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5da;
$custom-light: #91cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73025,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5DA

secondary

#E0BBAC

accent

#6F41E7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5DA

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

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