#56B5DF#56B5DF

#56B5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B5DF
RGB	rgb(86, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -15.67, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 33.38, 242.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0698 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.108 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6757, 40.3505, 75.8114)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B5DF #DF8056

analogous

#56DFC4 #56B5DF #5670DF

triadic

#56B5DF #DF56B5 #B5DF56

tetradic

#56B5DF #C456DF #DF8056 #70DF56

square

#56B5DF #C456DF #DF8056 #70DF56

split-complementary

#56B5DF #DF5670 #DFC456

monochromatic

#1E769D #279DD0 #56B5DF #89CCE9 #BDE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#56B5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#56B5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B5DF

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B5DF	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbe9',
    500: '#56b5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b5df;
$custom-light: #92cbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.394,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73238,
    "c": 0.10796,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B5DF

secondary

#E2BEAE

accent

#4F15D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B5DF

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