#56B5DE#56B5DE

#56B5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.107 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5DE
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -15.98, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 33.10, 241.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0702 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.107 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5413, 40.2968, 75.1035)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5DE #DE7F56

analogous

#56DEC3 #56B5DE #5671DE

triadic

#56B5DE #DE56B5 #B5DE56

tetradic

#56B5DE #C356DE #DE7F56 #71DE56

square

#56B5DE #C356DE #DE7F56 #71DE56

split-complementary

#56B5DE #DE5671 #DEC356

monochromatic

#1E769B #289CCE #56B5DE #89CBE8 #BCE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56B5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#56B5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5DE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5DE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.107 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbe8',
    500: '#56b5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5de;
$custom-light: #92cbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73195,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5DE

secondary

#E2BEAE

accent

#4E16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5DE

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

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