#56B5DD#56B5DD

#56B5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5DD
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -16.29, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 32.82, 240.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0705 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.106 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4077, 40.2433, 74.3997)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5DD #DD7E56

analogous

#56DDC2 #56B5DD #5671DD

triadic

#56B5DD #DD56B5 #B5DD56

tetradic

#56B5DD #C256DD #DD7E56 #71DD56

square

#56B5DD #C256DD #DD7E56 #71DD56

split-complementary

#56B5DD #DD5671 #DDC256

monochromatic

#1F759A #299CCD #56B5DD #89CBE7 #BCE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#56B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5DD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5DD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbe7',
    500: '#56b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5dd;
$custom-light: #92cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73152,
    "c": 0.10633,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5DD

secondary

#E1BDAE

accent

#4D17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5DD

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

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