#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
RGBrgb(86, 181, 222)
HSLhsl(198, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(198, 61%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(61.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.68, -15.98, -28.99)
CIE-LCHlch(69.68, 33.10, 241.13°)
OKLaboklab(73.19% -0.0702 -0.0809)
OKLCHoklch(73.19% 0.107 229.1)
XYZxyz(33.5413, 40.2968, 75.1035)
Luminance0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##56B5DE1.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

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

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#56B5DE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva