#56B5DC#56B5DC

#56B5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5DC
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -16.59, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 32.55, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0709 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.106 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2748, 40.1902, 73.7002)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5DC #DC7D56

analogous

#56DCC0 #56B5DC #5672DC

triadic

#56B5DC #DC56B5 #B5DC56

tetradic

#56B5DC #C056DC #DC7D56 #72DC56

square

#56B5DC #C056DC #DC7D56 #72DC56

split-complementary

#56B5DC #DC5672 #DCC056

monochromatic

#207598 #2A9CCB #56B5DC #89CBE6 #BBE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56B5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#56B5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5DC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5DC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbe7',
    500: '#56b5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5dc;
$custom-light: #92cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5DC

secondary

#E1BCAD

accent

#703FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5DC

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

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