#56B6DB#56B6DB

#56B6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56B6DB
RGB	rgb(86, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -17.42, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 32.20, 237.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0723 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.105 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3469, 40.5455, 73.0728)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56B6DB #DB7B56

analogous

#56DBBE #56B6DB #5673DB

triadic

#56B6DB #DB56B6 #B6DB56

tetradic

#56B6DB #BE56DB #DB7B56 #73DB56

square

#56B6DB #BE56DB #DB7B56 #73DB56

split-complementary

#56B6DB #DB5673 #DBBE56

monochromatic

#207697 #2B9DC9 #56B6DB #88CCE6 #BBE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#56B6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#56B6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56B6DB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56B6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56B6DB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56b6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cce6',
    500: '#56b6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56b6db;
$custom-light: #92cce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56b6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73298,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56B6DB

secondary

#E0BBAD

accent

#6F40E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #56B6DB

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

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