#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
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -16.90, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 32.29, 238.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0713 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.105 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1428, 40.1374, 73.0047)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##56B5DB	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #56B5DB

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

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