#56B5DB#56B5DB

#56B5DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.105 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#56B5DB
RGBrgb(86, 181, 219)
HSLhsl(197, 65%, 60%)
HSVhsv(197, 61%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(60.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.57, -16.90, -27.52)
CIE-LCHlch(69.57, 32.29, 238.45°)
OKLaboklab(73.07% -0.0713 -0.0768)
OKLCHoklch(73.07% 0.105 227.1)
XYZxyz(33.1428, 40.1374, 73.0047)
Luminance0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#56B5DB #DB7C56
analogous
#56DBBF #56B5DB #5672DB
triadic
#56B5DB #DB56B5 #B5DB56
tetradic
#56B5DB #BF56DB #DB7C56 #72DB56
square
#56B5DB #BF56DB #DB7C56 #72DB56
split-complementary
#56B5DB #DB5672 #DBBF56
monochromatic
#207597 #2B9CC9 #56B5DB #88CBE6 #BBE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#56B5DB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03
#56B5DB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5DB
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##56B5DB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##56B5DB1.002.339.039.03
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0321.001.001.00
##0000009.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B2DD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8EA4DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #56b5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.105 227.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbe6',
    500: '#56b5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #56b5db;
$custom-light: #91cbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#56b5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73067,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#56B5DB
secondary
#E0BBAD
accent
#7040E8
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FC
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#56B5DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva